Solar panels for farms in Oswestry
A Oswestry farm buys electricity at the worst rate of the day in exactly the hours its roof could be generating. The survey starts on the covering: fibre cement or steel, its remaining life, the purlin spacing and what the frame will carry.
855 kWh per kWp a year at this latitude, so a 500 kWp array models at about 428,000 kWh. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.
Book a roof survey in OswestryIllustrative layout for a unit of this size. Your own figures come from the roof survey.
Solar for agricultural buildings across Shropshire
What a farm roof near Oswestry generates
Modelled irradiation at this latitude is 1092 kWh per square metre a year in the plane of a shallow-pitched roof, which works out at 855 kWh for every kWp installed (EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss). That is about 3 percent below the mean across the areas we cover, so the case here rests on using the output on the holding rather than exporting it.
The planning record lists 1 ground mounted solar scheme in this postcode district, which is a fair guide to how the local network has treated field arrays. The typical consented scheme in this district is about 0.5 MW. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q1 2026.
Surveys run across SY postcodes, SY11 outward.
Shropshire is the planning authority for most holdings here, and it is the authority that decides whether an array on an agricultural building falls inside permitted development.
Oswestry ranks 3 of 5 towns we cover in Shropshire on modelled yield, against a national mean of 886 kWh per kWp. The county runs from 842 to 860, a spread of 18 kWh per kWp. Within Shropshire that difference is small enough to ignore: where the building sits is not what decides this scheme, your consumption pattern is.
Solar already consented near SY11
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q1 2026. These are the schemes on record in this postcode district, which is a fair guide to how the local network has been treating export applications.
| Scheme | Operator | Capacity | Mounting | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryn-Y-Plentyn Farm | CR and GM Woollam | 0.5 MW | Ground | Planning Permission Expired |
Grid connection through National Grid Electricity Distribution
Connections around Oswestry are handled by National Grid Electricity Distribution, which sets the export limit for the site. Above 3.68 kW per phase the connection runs under G99, so the export limit is agreed in advance rather than assumed. Where the local network is constrained, an export-limited connection usually still makes the scheme work, because a farm uses most of what the roof makes during the working day.
Across Shropshire the planning database records 110 solar schemes totalling 813 MW, of which 27 are operational (REPD Q1 2026).
Send us the postcode
Tell us where the unit is and roughly how big the roof is. We come back with what it can carry, what it would generate against your consumption, and the three ways to pay for it.
Lenzie Consulting Ltd arranges the survey and passes your details to our MCS-certified installation partner so they can quote.
Questions about solar in Oswestry
- What would a 500 kWp array produce on a farm near Oswestry?
- Yes, and the figure matters more than the sunshine. At 855 kWh per kWp a year, a 500 kWp array on a Oswestry holding models at around 428,000 kWh. What changes the answer is how much of that the farm uses itself. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.
- Which network operator handles the connection around Oswestry?
- Applications go to National Grid Electricity Distribution, who run the network across Shropshire. On a farm the incoming supply matters as much as their answer: a single phase supply caps what can be installed whatever the roof would take.
- What does Shropshire require for solar on an agricultural building?
- Roof-mounted panels on an agricultural building often fall under permitted development, subject to limits on projection above the roof plane and to the building not being listed or in a conservation area or National Park. We confirm the position with Shropshire before the design is finalised.