How much does a farm roof near Stoke-on-Trent generate?

The model gives 833 kWh for every kWp installed here, so 500 kWp comes out at about 417,000 kWh a year before shading losses. A building of roughly 1,485 sqm of clear roof carries it. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.

Will the rural network around Stoke-on-Trent take the export?

National Grid Electricity Distribution is the distribution network operator for Staffordshire. Anything above 3.68 kW per phase connects under G99, and the application sets the export limit. Rural supplies are often the binding constraint, so we ask the question before an array is sized.

Is planning permission needed for panels on a farm building near Stoke-on-Trent?

Usually permitted development covers a roof array. Ground mounted arrays are a different question and are far more likely to need a full application. We put both to Stoke-on-Trent before design sign-off.

Has anyone near ST3 already done this?

The planning database records 0 ground mounted and 4 roof mounted solar schemes in this postcode district. That matters less as proof it works and more as evidence of how the local network has treated export applications. Roof arrays under a megawatt often never appear in the database, so the real figure is higher. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q1 2026.

Solar panels for farms in Stoke-on-Trent

Most holdings around Stoke-on-Trent already own the best generating site they will ever have, and it is the roof of the shed they built for something else. The survey starts on the covering: fibre cement or steel, its remaining life, the purlin spacing and what the frame will carry.

833 kWh per kWp a year at this latitude, so a 500 kWp array models at about 417,000 kWh. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.

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Drawing Stoke-on-Trent unit

Roof 96 x 62 m

Array 500 kWp

Yield 417,000 kWh/yr

Scale 1:500 / Rev A / ST3

Illustrative layout for a unit of this size. Your own figures come from the roof survey.

Stoke-on-Trent / Staffordshire

Midlands arable farmland with solar on farm building roofs — Industrial stock of the kind we survey across West Midlands.

Solar for agricultural buildings across Staffordshire

What a farm roof near Stoke-on-Trent generates

Modelled irradiation at this latitude is 1066 kWh per square metre a year in the plane of a shallow-pitched roof, which works out at 833 kWh for every kWp installed (EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss). That is about 6 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.

4 roof mounted schemes are on record nearby. Roof arrays under a megawatt frequently never reach that database at all, so the real number of farm roofs generating around Stoke-on-Trent is higher than the record shows.

Surveys run across ST postcodes, ST3 outward.

Stoke-on-Trent 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.

FIG. 1 What a Stoke-on-Trent roof makes, month by month

Jul produces 6.5 times what Dec does on the same roof. A 500 kWp array here models at about 417,000 kWh across the year, but it arrives unevenly, which is why we size against your summer daytime load and then look at whether storage is worth adding for the shoulder months.

Monthly figures as a table

Month	kWh per kWp	500 kWp array
Jan	20	10,000
Feb	35	17,500
Mar	67	33,500
Apr	99	49,500
May	116	58,000
Jun	116	58,000
Jul	117	58,500
Aug	99	49,500
Sep	77	38,500
Oct	45	22,500
Nov	26	13,000
Dec	18	9,000

Source: EU PVGIS v5.2

FIG. 2 Stoke-on-Trent against the rest of Staffordshire

Tamworth857
Lichfield857
Burton upon Trent852
Stafford842
Cannock842
Stoke-on-Trent833
Newcastle-under-Lyme826

Stoke-on-Trent ranks 6 of 7 towns we cover in Staffordshire on modelled yield, against a national mean of 886 kWh per kWp. The county runs from 826 to 857, a spread of 31 kWh per kWp. Within Staffordshire that difference is small enough to ignore: where the building sits is not what decides this scheme, your consumption pattern is.

Bars are zero based, so length is proportional to the figure. Where a county is flat, that is the finding: location is not the lever, consumption is. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, modelled per town

Solar already consented near ST3

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
Mossfield Road - Solar PV Generation System	F. Klucznik & Son Limited T/A IAE	0.37 MW	Roof	Awaiting Construction
Unit 2, G-park, Whittle Road - Solar Panels	Private Developer	0.84 MW	Roof	Awaiting Construction
VWS, Meir - Solar Panels	VWS (UK) Limited	0.37 MW	Roof	Awaiting Construction
Ormiston Meridian Academy, Sandon Road - Solar Panels	EEnergy Group plc	0.16 MW	Roof	Application Submitted

Grid connection through National Grid Electricity Distribution

National Grid Electricity Distribution is the network operator here, and their answer on export capacity shapes the design. Any commercial array above 3.68 kW per phase connects under G99 rather than G98, and the application fixes what you are allowed to push back onto the network. If the local network is tight, limiting export rarely breaks the case here: most of the generation is consumed on site while the building is working.

Across Staffordshire the planning database records 118 solar schemes totalling 1054 MW, of which 17 are operational (REPD Q1 2026).

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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 Stoke-on-Trent

How much does a farm roof near Stoke-on-Trent generate?: The model gives 833 kWh for every kWp installed here, so 500 kWp comes out at about 417,000 kWh a year before shading losses. A building of roughly 1,485 sqm of clear roof carries it. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.
Will the rural network around Stoke-on-Trent take the export?: National Grid Electricity Distribution is the distribution network operator for Staffordshire. Anything above 3.68 kW per phase connects under G99, and the application sets the export limit. Rural supplies are often the binding constraint, so we ask the question before an array is sized.
Is planning permission needed for panels on a farm building near Stoke-on-Trent?: Usually permitted development covers a roof array. Ground mounted arrays are a different question and are far more likely to need a full application. We put both to Stoke-on-Trent before design sign-off.
Has anyone near ST3 already done this?: The planning database records 0 ground mounted and 4 roof mounted solar schemes in this postcode district. That matters less as proof it works and more as evidence of how the local network has treated export applications. Roof arrays under a megawatt often never appear in the database, so the real figure is higher. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q1 2026.

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