diff --git a/backend/app/plan/router.py b/backend/app/plan/router.py
index c71533fa..50b8a837 100644
--- a/backend/app/plan/router.py
+++ b/backend/app/plan/router.py
@@ -142,16 +142,6 @@ async def trigger_plan(body: PlanTriggerRequest):
                 )
             )
 
-        z = []
-        for p in input_properties:
-            z.append(
-                {
-                    "uprn": p.uprn,
-                    "address": p.address,
-                    "postcode": p.postcode,
-                }
-            )
-
         if not input_properties:
             return Response(status_code=204)
 
diff --git a/recommendations/HeatingRecommender.py b/recommendations/HeatingRecommender.py
index aec1f419..91730053 100644
--- a/recommendations/HeatingRecommender.py
+++ b/recommendations/HeatingRecommender.py
@@ -361,7 +361,12 @@ class HeatingRecommender:
             self.recommendations = combined_recommendations
         else:
             # We increment the recommendation phase, since the heating controls are separate from the boiler upgrade
-            recommendation_phase += 1
+            # but we'll only upgrade if we have a heating recommendation
+            has_heating_recommendation = any(
+                recommendation["type"] == "heating" for recommendation in self.recommendations
+            )
+            if has_heating_recommendation:
+                recommendation_phase += 1
             # The heating controls recommendation is distrinct from the boiler upgrade recommendation
             # We insert phase into the recommendations for heating controls
             for recommendation in controls_recommender.recommendation: