Maidstone Borough Council

Energy efficiency top-up grant (Maidstone)

Up to £5,000 from Maidstone Borough Council towards energy improvements for homeowners on means-tested benefits (or at risk from a cold home) whose home is rated EPC E, F or G; it works like a loan secured on the home, because it must be repaid if the home is sold or transferred and a local land charge is registered. It can pay for boiler upgrades, insulation, solar panels or heat pumps, and can be combined with other local or national grants. The page also mentions a Winter Warmth Project, funded by one of the council's partner contractors, that may give up to £5,000 that does not have to be paid back.

Apply on the funder’s site

You could get: Up to £5,000; no fixed round
Deadline: Rolling; apply any time
Effort: Light; short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

Homeowners in Maidstone borough who have lived in the home for at least three years and get a means-tested benefit
People not on a means-tested benefit may still get help: the council will check whether their health or circumstances make them more at risk from living in a cold home, following NICE guidance
The home must have an Energy Performance Rating of E, F or G
The grant is not awarded automatically and depends on available funding
It must be repaid if the home is sold or ownership is given to someone else, and a local land charge is registered on the property

What it funds

Home improvements for homeowners who find it hard to keep warm, including:

Boiler upgrades
Insulation
Solar panels
Heat pumps

the work must improve the home's energy rating

How to apply

Email energy@maidstone.gov.uk to apply or find out more

a separate one-off £300 heating oil support payment has its own page under the council's Crisis and Resilience Fund

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