ECO4 Air Source Heat Pump Grants

The ECO Scheme ends on 31st March 2026 and no new applications are being taken.
ECO has been replaced by the Warm Homes Plan. To find out if you qualify for a grant under this new scheme, click HERE to go to www.warmhomesplan.co.uk

ECO4 Air Source Heat Pump Grants are available to home owners and private tenants in England, Wales and Scotland

ECO4 Air Source Heat Pump Grants 2022

ECO4 Air Source Heat Pump Grants - Qualifying Criteria

1. You must be a home owner or a tenant in a privately rented home.

Only homes with an EPC rating of E, F or G are eligible for ECO4 Air Source Heat Pump Grants.

You can see the EPC rating of your home by clicking HERE for England and Wales or HERE for Scotland.

2. Your home must have either no heating at all or one of the following heating systems:

  1. Electric room heaters, including direct acting room heaters, fan heaters or inefficient electric storage heaters
  2. Gas room heaters; including fixed mains gas room heaters; or
  3. Gas fire with back boiler; or
  4. Solid fossil fuel fire with back boiler, or
  5. Mains gas warm air heating system, or
  6. Electric underfloor or ceiling heating (not part of an electric boiler); or
  7. Bottled LPG room heating; or
  8. Solid fossil fuel room heaters; or
  9. Wood/biomass room heating; or
  10. Oil room heaters

The relevant heating system used to assess your eligibility for First Time Central Heating Grants is that which appears as the ‘Main Heating’ system on the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) for your home. You can see your EPC (if one has been prepared) HERE if you live in England or Wales and HERE if you live in Scotland.

3. You must receive at least one of the Qualifying Benefits, or qualify under LA Flex Rules

To qualify for an ECO4 grant, either you or someone living permanently with you, must receive at least one of the following State Benefits, Tax Credits or Other Allowances unless you qualify under LA Flex Rules:

  • Pension Credit – Guarantee Credit
  • Pension Credit – Savings Credit
  • Universal Credit
  • Child Tax Credit
  • Working Tax Credit
  • Income Support
  • Income-Related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
  • Income-Based Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA)
  • Child Benefit (subject to maximum household income)
  • Housing benefit

LA Flex Rules allow local councils to recommend that a householder qualifies for a grant even if they don’t receive one of the qualifying benefits.

ECO4 Air Source Heat Pump Grants Air Source Heat Pump Grants - Providing heating to radiators and hot water

ASHP ECO4 Grant Form

Step 1 of 2

1. Your Details

Your name(Required)
Your address(Required)
What is the best time to contact you?(Required)
This is only required if you are applying for an ECO4 grant and you receive one of the qualifying benefits
DD slash MM slash YYYY
Your state benefits or other allowances
This is only required if you are applying for an ECO4 grant. It is not required if you are only applying for a Boiler Upgrade Grant.

2. Your Home

Do you live in your own home or is it privately rented?(Required)
What type of property do you live in?(Required)
What type of external walls does your home have?(Required)
To qualify for an ECO4 grant to install an air source heat pump your home must have an EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) rating of E, F or G. What is the EPC rating for your home?