Solar panels, heat pumps and grants in Lancashire
What solar panels, heat pumps, insulation and new boilers cost in Lancashire, the grants open to homes here, and official figures for all 14 council areas.
What it costs in Lancashire
Lancashire is in the North West price region, where labour and materials run about 5% below the UK average. Each range runs from the lowest to the highest price on the county’s town pages; your quotes will depend on your home and the system you choose.
Solar panels
£3,285–£10,890
A typical home pays £6,020 to £6,420, depending on the town. Saves up to £555 a year. Pays back in about 11 years.
Solar panels guideHeat pumps
£6,314–£17,510
A typical home pays £10,090 to £10,670, depending on the town. Saves up to £272 a year. Pays back in about 11 years after the £7,500 grant (38 years without it).
Heat pumps guideInsulation
£463–£7,215
A typical home pays about £2,803. Saves up to £478 a year. Pays back in about 6 years.
Insulation guideBoilers
£1,370–£5,204
A typical home pays £2,580 to £2,790, depending on the town. Saves up to £202 a year. Pays back in about 13 years.
Boilers guideCosts modelled March to September 2026, savings at the October to December 2026 price cap, from the Home Energy Quotes Cost Index (see how we calculate costs). Across the whole North West: solar panels and heat pumps. Not financial advice.
Choose your town
Each town page has its price range by system size, the grants that apply and published figures for its council area.
Grants for homes in Lancashire
Warm Homes: Local Grant, through Cosy Homes in Lancashire
Funding for 2026 to 2027 is fully committed, so it is not taking applications. You can still enquire on its website, and it will send application forms in March 2027. The grant can pay for insulation, heat pumps, solar panels and other upgrades for homeowners and private tenants. A home qualifies if it is in Lancashire and rated EPC D to G, and the household lives in an eligible postcode, has a gross income under £36,000 a year, or gets a means-tested benefit such as Universal Credit, Pension Credit or Housing Benefit. Blackpool Council leads it for 13 of Lancashire’s 14 councils; Fylde is not part of it.
Source: Cosy Homes in Lancashire, checked 29 September 2026.- Boiler Upgrade Scheme. £7,500 towards an air or ground source heat pump in England and Wales, with no income test, or £9,000 if your home is heated by oil or LPG and has no mains gas (applications 21 July 2026 to 31 March 2027). The installer applies for it.
- ECO4. Energy suppliers pay for insulation and heating upgrades for eligible households on low incomes or certain benefits, until 31 December 2026.
- 0% VAT. Insulation, heat pumps, solar panels and batteries installed in homes are zero-rated until 31 March 2027.
The grant checker shows which of these could apply to your home.
Damp and mould
Council and housing association tenants in Lancashire are covered by Awaab’s Law, which gives the landlord 10 working days to investigate damp and mould that poses a significant risk: see Awaab’s Law explained, and how to report damp to the largest landlords in Greater Manchester and Lancashire. If you own your home, our damp and mould guide explains why a survey should come before any quote.
Lancashire council by council
Published statistics, not our estimates: where the older, harder-to-heat homes are, how far solar panels and heat pumps have spread, and how many homes rely on mains gas.
£35.3m
Warm Homes: Local Grant allocated in principle to the Blackpool-led consortium, April 2025 to March 2028
42% to 66%
Homes with an EPC rated D to G, from Preston to Hyndburn and Pendle
39,631
Solar PV installations at the end of 2025, across Lancashire’s 14 council areas
1,612
Boiler Upgrade Scheme heat pump grants paid, May 2022 to June 2026
| Council area | Homes rated EPC D to G | Solar installations per 1,000 households | Heat pump grants paid | Mains gas heating only | Cosy Homes in Lancashire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburn with Darwen | 53% | 62.4 | 83 | 80.8% | Member |
| Blackpool | 64% | 27.8 | 68 | 78.2% | Lead council |
| Burnley | 60% | 41.2 | 33 | 81.8% | Member |
| Chorley | 45% | 92.5 | 197 | 81.3% | Member |
| Fylde | 50% | 50.6 | 82 | 78.1% | Not a member |
| Hyndburn | 66% | 31.3 | 41 | 82.7% | Member |
| Lancaster | 60% | 51.5 | 207 | 76.3% | Member |
| Pendle | 66% | 57.4 | 65 | 80.2% | Member |
| Preston | 42% | 101.9 | 161 | 77.3% | Member |
| Ribble Valley | 49% | 71.7 | 143 | 71.9% | Member |
| Rossendale | 59% | 61.8 | 77 | 82.7% | Member |
| South Ribble | 48% | 74.1 | 160 | 84% | Member |
| West Lancashire | 44% | 63 | 165 | 78.4% | Member |
| Wyre | 53% | 60.7 | 130 | 79.2% | Member |
Sources: EPC ratings, ONS, EPCs lodged to March 2025; solar installations, DESNZ, end of 2025; heat pump grants, DESNZ and Ofgem, May 2022 to June 2026; heating, Census 2021, ONS; Warm Homes: Local Grant allocation, DESNZ, list updated July 2026; membership, Cosy Homes in Lancashire, checked 29 September 2026. Figures are for each council area as a whole, which covers more than its main town.
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