South West
Announced 25 October 2024
Named in October 2024 as one of the first six places to develop a heat network zone. The exact boundary has not been published as a designated zone.
Source: Six towns and cities to pilot clean heating innovation (GOV.UK, 25 Oct 2024)Nothing is legally required of you yet. Once regulations are in force and a zone is designated, the zone developer can ask the coordination body to send connection notices to buildings in the categories the government has set out: new buildings that receive planning permission after the zone is designated; existing buildings with communal heating, both domestic and non-domestic; and existing non-domestic buildings with a wet heating system and average heat demand above 100 MWh a year.
The sensible thing to do now is to understand your annual heat demand, check whether your heating is a wet system and note any lease terms or planned plant replacement that could affect your position.
London · London, South West, Yorkshire & the Humber
Danish-rooted engineering consultancy that built the government's national zoning model and wrote three pilot zone reports.
London · London, North West, Yorkshire & the Humber, South West, South East
Global engineering consultancy that wrote several of the government's zoning pilot reports and co-developed the SWAN scheme in Westminster.
Blackburn · North West, Yorkshire & the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, London, South West, North East, East of England
Designs, builds, funds and operates heat networks, including Leeds PIPES, and is a delivery partner in Plymouth and Westminster.
Bath · North East, South East, South West
Engineering consultancy with a place on the government's national heat network zoning framework and three pilot zone reports.
Not stated on website · England-wide
Specialist heat network consultancy covering metering and billing compliance, commissioning, troubleshooting and training.