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Short answers to what Cheshire and Warrington households ask most, each pointing to the page with the detail.
The answers below are short; each topic has its own page with the figures and the sources. The questions reflect the area: 19,096 households across the three councils relied on oil or LPG alone in 2021, and those homes have the most to gain and the most conditions to check.
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Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester and Warrington.
If the home is heated by oil or LPG, has no mains gas connection (a capped meter counts as mains gas) and the installer applies between 21 July 2026 and 31 March 2027, the higher band is £9,000.
892 in Cheshire East, 751 in Cheshire West and Chester and 224 in Warrington, May 2022 to September 2026.
It costs more than air source. The grant statistics' median for England and Wales was £34,630 in July to September 2026, from a small number of installations. Where there is land, compare two designs.
A consortium of the three councils, managed by Cheshire East, with funding until 31 March 2028.
Usually not for an air source unit meeting Class G or a ground source loop under Class C. Listed buildings and road-facing positions in conservation areas are the main exceptions.
13,363 households across the three areas used oil alone in 2021: 4.3% in Cheshire East and 3.5% in Cheshire West and Chester.
Read on 3 November 2026. Where this page and a source differ, the source is right.
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