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  "title": "Heat network zoning in England: places by stage",
  "source": "https://heatnetworkzoning.uk/data",
  "publisher": "Heat Network Zoning",
  "lastChecked": "2026-11-08",
  "citation": "Heat Network Zoning, \"Heat network zoning tracker\", https://heatnetworkzoning.uk/places, data last checked 8 November 2026.",
  "reuse": "You are welcome to reuse this data in reporting, research and council work. Please link back to heatnetworkzoning.uk, or to the place page you used, so readers can see the latest stage and the primary sources.",
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      "id": "pilot",
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      "definition": "One of the 28 places in the government's heat network zoning pilot, which produced a zone opportunity report for each."
    },
    {
      "id": "zone-development-area",
      "number": 2,
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      "definition": "Named by government, or by a council with government funding, for early work to develop a zone through the Advanced Zoning Programme, ahead of the regulations."
    },
    {
      "id": "consultation-open",
      "number": 3,
      "label": "Consultation open",
      "definition": "A council has consulted the public on a proposed zone boundary. Until the regulations are in force, these consultations are preparatory, not statutory."
    },
    {
      "id": "designated",
      "number": 4,
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      "definition": "A heat network zone has been formally designated under the zoning regulations."
    },
    {
      "id": "developer-appointed",
      "number": 5,
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      "definition": "A zone developer has been appointed through competition for a designated zone."
    },
    {
      "id": "operational",
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      "definition": "Heat is being supplied under a designated zone's arrangements."
    }
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      "name": "Barking and Dagenham",
      "url": "https://heatnetworkzoning.uk/places/barking-and-dagenham",
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      "last_change": "2025-06-02",
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          "date": "2024-09",
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          "note": "Listed among the 28 places in the government's heat network zoning pilot, which published its first outputs in September 2024.",
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        }
      ]
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      "slug": "birmingham",
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        }
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      "slug": "bridlington",
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      "slug": "bristol",
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          "date": "2024-10-25",
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          "source_title": "Six towns and cities to pilot clean heating innovation (GOV.UK, 25 Oct 2024)",
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      "slug": "carlisle",
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      "slug": "cheltenham",
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      "slug": "city-of-london",
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          "note": "The City of London Corporation, which says it is one of the authorities in the Advanced Zoning Programme, published a tender for a heat network development partner for the Square Mile.",
          "source_title": "Procurement of the development agreement related to a low carbon heat network in the Square Mile: tender notice",
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          "source_title": "Zone boundary consultation: frequently asked questions (City of London Corporation)",
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        }
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      "slug": "coventry",
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      "url": "https://heatnetworkzoning.uk/places/coventry",
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      "slug": "darlington",
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      "coordination_body": "Darlington Borough Council",
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      ]
    },
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      "slug": "lancaster",
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      "url": "https://heatnetworkzoning.uk/places/lancaster",
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      "local_authorities": "Lancaster",
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      "coordination_body_basis": "expected",
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    {
      "slug": "leeds",
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      "local_authorities": "Leeds",
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      "coordination_body": "Leeds City Council",
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          "stage_id": "pilot",
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          "date": "2024-10-25",
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          "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/six-towns-and-cities-to-pilot-clean-heating-innovation"
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      "slug": "leicester",
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      "region": "East Midlands",
      "local_authorities": "Leicester",
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      "stage_number": 1,
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      "last_change": "2025-06-02",
      "coordination_body": "Leicester City Council",
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    },
    {
      "slug": "liverpool",
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      "coordination_body": "Liverpool City Council",
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        {
          "date": "2025-02-14",
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          "note": "Liverpool's zone opportunity report records the city as part of the Advanced Zoning Programme, and government webinars list it as a participant.",
          "source_title": "Heat network zone opportunity report: Liverpool (by WSP)",
          "source_url": "https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/679b6541f2c688b4b630eb0d/heat-network-zone-opportunity-report-liverpool.pdf"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-06-18",
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          "source_title": "Have your say on city centre heat network plans (Liverpool City Council, Jun 2026)",
          "source_url": "https://liverpoolexpress.co.uk/have-your-say-on-city-centre-heat-network-plans/"
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      "slug": "newcastle",
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      "coordination_body": "Newcastle City Council",
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