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In most cases, no. Solar panel installations on residential properties in England, Wales, and Scotland are typically covered by Permitted Development Rights, meaning no planning application is needed. There are exceptions for listed buildings and some conservation areas. We check your specific situation during the free survey and handle any required notifications.

East- and west-facing roofs can still generate excellent yields — often 80–85% of a south-facing equivalent. East-west split installations also have the advantage of spreading generation across a longer part of the day. We model your specific orientation and roof pitch during the survey to give you an accurate projection.

Most residential solar installations are completed in one to two days. Larger systems or those including battery storage may take an additional half-day. We use scaffold towers for safe access and remove all waste from site. You will have electricity throughout — only a brief planned outage of under 30 minutes when we connect to your distribution board.

If you have battery storage, surplus electricity charges the battery first. Once the battery is full, any remaining surplus is exported to the grid. Under the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG), your energy supplier is obliged to pay you for this exported electricity. We help you register for the best available SEG rate as part of our commissioning process.

Our Tier-1 panels carry a 25-year linear performance warranty from the manufacturer, guaranteeing that the panels will still produce at least 80–87% of their rated output after 25 years. Inverters typically carry 10–12 year warranties, extendable to 20 years on request. Our workmanship is guaranteed for 10 years by Solaris directly.