Why the name
People looking for help with a heat pump often start by typing something close to this site's name. We use the name to reach them with what a list of firms leaves out: their council's figures, the two grant routes and their current state, and the planning rules that decide where a unit can go. We do not survey homes, quote, fit or maintain heat pumps.
Why district by district
Lancashire is not one housing market. The terraced, gas-heated towns of East Lancashire, the electric-heated coast around Blackpool and the oil-heated farms of the Ribble Valley face different questions. Across the 14 councils there are 648,806 households, and the guide splits them into four groups so each page can deal with the homes that are actually there.
Who publishes it
Published by SEO-DONS LTD (company no. 16766013), 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ. The company's record is on Companies House. The pages are written and checked by the publisher; there are no named authors.
How pages are checked
Every local figure comes from one data file built from the census, the off-gas estimates, the grant statistics and the national planning dataset, all read on 3 November 2026. Rules are taken from the body that sets them: Ofgem for the grant, the permitted development order for planning, Cosy Homes in Lancashire for its own scheme. We review a page when one of its sources changes, and each page shows its sources and the date they were checked.
Checking an installer
We name no installers, but we can say what to check. The Boiler Upgrade Scheme only pays for work by an MCS certified installer, so look the firm up on the MCS register. Check which consumer code it belongs to, such as RECC or HIES, which set rules on deposits, contracts and complaints. If it displays the TrustMark logo, confirm it on TrustMark's own site. Ask for the heat-loss survey, the design and the sound calculation in writing, and ask what the warranty covers and for how long, for both the equipment and the installation. Read independent reviews, and look up the company itself on Companies House.
Where the guide stops
The guide covers the 12 districts of Lancashire County Council, Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen. Wigan and the other Greater Manchester boroughs, Sefton and the rest of Merseyside, and the Cheshire councils to the south have their own councils and their own grant routes, so they are left out. Keeping to one boundary keeps every figure consistent with the councils it describes.
Questions and corrections
The form below reaches the publisher, who reads every message and replies by email. Your details are not passed to any installer, and asking commits you to nothing.