Strood heat network zone

Strood, in Medway, has one communal social-housing network and no district network. Its June 2025 report proposes a town-centre zone linked to the waterfront regeneration. Medway Council's August 2026 climate update covers heat studies elsewhere in Medway but does not mention Strood.

1. September 2024

   1Pilot

   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)

One strategic zone in Strood Town Centre, around the sports centre, Strood Waterfront and the Nuffield hospital; a second smaller zone covers Strood Academy and nearby schools.

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 Strood.

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.

We have found no existing district-scale heat network in Strood.

• 2 Jun 2025Remaining 13 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: Strood (by Granlund) — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, 2 June 2025

Record last checked 8 November 2026.