This consultation is now closed.
The closing date for this consultation was Wednesday 12 January 2022.
As one of the first steps in the implementation of its , the government is consulting on (as well as homes) off the gas network from the mid-2020s onwards.
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It is proposed that all ‘off-gas’ buildings (mostly in rural areas) should progressively replace predominantly oil-fired heating systems with (preferably) electric heat pumps – a policy that will be rolled out to urban areas on gas-fired central heating at a later date.