Owners of rural properties in areas not on the mains gas grid face a ban on replacement LPG, oil or coal-fired boilers in just four years’ time. The move is part of the Government’s drive to force homeowners, landlords and businesses to switch to heat pumps – and could send rural property prices plummeting.
The little-publicised ban on new or replacement off-grid boilers comes into effect in 2026 – nine years before new mains gas boilers are outlawed. Roughly 2 million rural households in the UK which rely entirely on fossil fuels to heat their homes will face a heating crisis.
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