Heat pump grants available in England and Wales. Boiler Upgrade Scheme grants are currently available for eligible properties in England and Wales. Check eligibility
Time-limited
Properties off the mains gas grid that are replacing oil or LPG heating with a heat pump may be able to claim £9,000 rather than the standard £7,500. It is an uplift of £1,500, and it has conditions of its own.
Not every off-grid property qualifies. All four conditions below must be met, and the uplift is currently available for applications properly made up to 31 March 2027.
In short
£9,000
For qualifying off-gas-grid properties replacing oil or LPG heating
£7,500
The standard value for an eligible air-to-water or ground source heat pump
£1,500
The difference between the two — the uplift itself
This is not a separate scheme. It is a higher value within the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, introduced for properties that are hardest and most expensive to heat with the fuel they have now. Everything else about the scheme still applies: it covers England and Wales, the application is made by an MCS-certified installer on the property owner's behalf, and the value comes off your installation cost rather than being paid to you.
The uplift became available for applications properly made from 21 July 2026, and is currently available up to 31 March 2027.
These are cumulative. All four have to hold — meeting three is not a partial qualification.
The everyday meaning and the scheme’s meaning are not the same, and the gap between them catches people out.
For the purposes of the scheme, an off-gas-grid property is one where all of the following are true:
The capped-meter trap
A capped or clamped gas supply meter point still counts as being fuelled by mains gas. A property that has not burned a unit of gas in a decade can therefore fall outside the definition, purely because the meter point exists. If that describes your property, the standard grant may still be relevant — it is the uplift specifically that is affected.
Illustrations rather than rulings — the application is where a real answer comes from. The two that do not qualify are the more instructive pair.
May qualify for £9,000
A 1930s detached house in rural Shropshire, heated by an oil boiler, with no gas meter at the property, replacing the oil system with an air-to-water heat pump.
Why: Off the mains gas grid, existing heating is oil, new system is air-to-water, existing building, owner-occupied.
May qualify for £9,000
A Welsh farmhouse running on bulk LPG, moving to a ground source heat pump with horizontal ground loops in an adjoining field.
Why: LPG counts alongside oil, and ground source is one of the two eligible technologies.
Would not qualify for the uplift
A village property with a capped gas supply that has not been used for years, currently heated by an oil boiler.
Why: A capped or clamped mains gas meter point still counts as being fuelled by mains gas, so the property is not off-grid for scheme purposes. The standard grant may still be relevant.
Would not qualify for the uplift
A remote cottage with electric storage heaters and no gas supply, moving to an air source heat pump.
Why: It is off the gas grid, but the existing system is electric rather than oil or LPG, so the uplift does not apply. The standard grant may still be relevant.
The process is the same as for any Boiler Upgrade Scheme installation. You get quotations from an MCS-certified installer, they survey the property and assess eligibility including the off-gas-grid conditions, and they submit the voucher application. If it is approved, the value is deducted from your installation cost.
What is different is the clock. The uplift applies to applications properly made up to 31 March 2027, and a heat pump installation is not a same-week job: a survey, a considered comparison of quotations and a design all sit in front of the application. If the uplift matters to your decision, the time to start is earlier than the deadline suggests.
If your property turns out not to meet the off-gas-grid conditions, that does not end the conversation — the standard £7,500 may still apply to an eligible installation. See heat pump grants for the full set of values.
The full set of criteria, plus a short check that covers the off-gas conditions.
The air-to-water systems that qualify for this value, and what a property needs.
Often a strong fit for rural, off-grid properties with land available.
Every value in one place, including the standard grant if the uplift does not apply.
The scheme in full — who administers it, and how the application works.
What a survey looks at, and why off-grid properties often make the strongest case.
No. The property has to meet the scheme’s own definition of off-gas-grid, the heating being replaced has to be oil or LPG, and the new system has to be an air-to-water or ground source heat pump. Miss any one of those and the standard £7,500 may apply instead.
No. It is an uplifted value within the same scheme — £1,500 above the standard £7,500 — rather than a different scheme with its own application.
Not for scheme purposes. A capped or clamped supply meter point still counts as being fuelled by mains gas, which is one of the most common reasons a property that feels off-grid does not meet the definition.
No. Replacing electric heating does not qualify for the uplift, because the existing system has to be oil or LPG. The standard £7,500 may still be relevant for an eligible installation.
No. Self-build properties cannot claim the uplift, although they may still qualify for the standard grant where they meet the other criteria.
The uplift is currently available for applications properly made up to 31 March 2027. What applies after that date depends on decisions that have not been made yet, so we will not speculate — we update this page from the official guidance.
The scheme details on this page are taken from the official guidance below. Where our summary and the official guidance differ, the official guidance is correct.
Scheme information last checked: . Based on Ofgem property owner guidance V5.1. Scheme rules can change — always confirm the current position with your installer or the official guidance before committing to anything.
Run through the eligibility questions and we will tell you plainly whether the higher value looks relevant to your property.