Westminster Council Dismantles Resident Consultation on £200m Heating Project Despite Declared Pause in Decision-making

Westminster City Council has unilaterally dismantled the established consultation process for the controversial £200 million PDHU heating replacement project affecting approximately 10,000 Pimlico residents, despite announcing a decision-making "pause" in November 2025.

Without resident consent, the Council has replaced the transparent Resident Working Group with eight fragmented meetings that will produce no minutes, have no formal governance, and exclude resident associations, technical advisors, and campaign representatives from speaking.

Councillor chairs elected by residents have been removed and replaced with Council officers previously biased toward the Council's preferred option.

Residents received just ten days' notice over half-term, with meetings scheduled in a small public library wholly inadequate for a project of this scale. The new format systematically strips away accountability, transparency, and residents' ability to meaningfully scrutinise this £200 million proposal.

Pimlico Unites will hold a demonstration outside Westminster City Hall on Monday 16 March 2026 during the Cabinet meeting to protest this attack on residents' consultation rights.

We encourage residents of Pimlico to attend our demonstration. We deserve transparency, proper governance, and genuine consultation—not a divide-and-conquer strategy designed to silence scrutiny.