Birmingham heat network zone

Birmingham has one of the largest mapped opportunities among the pilot places, with 41 possible zones identified in its February 2025 report. The West Midlands Combined Authority says the zone coordination body has not been formally decided and that a regional model is one option. Several networks already run in the city centre, at Aston University and at the hospital and university campus in Edgbaston.

1. September 2024

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   Listed among the 28 places in the government's heat network zoning pilot, which published its first outputs in September 2024.

   Source: Heat networks zoning pilot (GOV.UK)

The study maps 41 possible zones. Four are strategic: Birmingham Central, Tyseley, Birmingham North-East, and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and University of Birmingham area.

Candidate areas come from government-commissioned studies and council work. They are not legal boundaries. A zone’s boundary is fixed only when it is designated under the zoning regulations.

We have found no appointed or bidding developer for Birmingham.

No statutory zone developer can be appointed until a zone is designated. Partners appointed by councils before then are listed as development or delivery partners.

• Broad Street, Children's Hospital and Aston University networks · Birmingham District Energy Company

  The Broad Street network runs on a concession to 2032.

  Source: Heat network zone opportunity report: Birmingham (by WSP)

• University of Birmingham Edgbaston campus network · University of Birmingham

  Source: Heat network zone opportunity report: Birmingham (by WSP)

• 14 Feb 2025First 15 zone opportunity reports published
• 23 Sep 2024First zoning pilot outputs: heat network zone maps

1. Heat networks zoning pilot (updated 25 November 2025) — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, 25 November 2025
2. Heat network zone opportunity report: Birmingham (by WSP) — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, 14 February 2025

Record last checked 8 November 2026.