Since last December l have e-mailing the council for an update on the Lisson Green Estate Heat Network, just before the Autumn, thinking its one of the things the council can be doing to keep peoples energy bills down. I only got a response from the Winter but none the less its here now.

They said to me in an Whatapp response  “….we are currently tendering for a second stage feasibility study to build upon a concept study by BURO. They explored the option of creating a new large heat network in NW8 using local heat sources that include, the national grid station (along Lodge Rd, NW8), the local canal & TfL jubilee line. It determined that further detailed assessment should take place and that is what they are tendering for, It will initially cover Lisson Green Estate where we have 4 communal systems on the Estate and individually heated homes and Wharncliffe Gardens. ”  

So it’s clear to me this will not be operational for at least the winter of 2026, as we are still talking about feasibility studies and not even works on site. Whilst the brief has been extended to include Wharncliffee Gardens and also heat loss from the TfL Jubilee tracks going over the canal along Park Rd, NW8. 

So whilst it has been given prominence on the GLA database of energy proposals around London, its got a long way to go, as we are clearly more than a few years from it ever being operational and saving residents of the Lisson Green Estate. This while the priority is clearly in the South of the City with the updating urgently required of the