Policy information sourced from the Waltham Forest Local Plan

86 Decentralised Energy

A. To maximise use of low carbon heating systems, all development in the following categories should install a communal heating system and either connect to an existing district heating network (where one exists) or ‘future-proof’ the system by ensuring the development is able to connect to a district heating network in the future:

  1. All major development; and
  2. All development of one or more homes, or greater than 100sqm, that is located within 200m of an existing, proposed or committed future district heating network;

B. Unless demonstrated to the Local Planning Authority’s written satisfaction that such a connection is not feasible or viable, in line with the GLA’s latest energy assessment guidance.

For more information please see the Waltham Forest Local Plan