Solar panels for farms in Camberley
Around Camberley the constraint is rarely the roof. It is the incoming supply and what the network will accept back. What decides a farm scheme here is the state of the roof sheets and the incoming supply, which is why the survey looks at both before anyone sizes an array.
900 kWh per kWp a year at this latitude, so a 500 kWp array models at about 450,000 kWh. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.
Book a roof survey in CamberleyIllustrative layout for a unit of this size. Your own figures come from the roof survey.
Agricultural rooftop solar across Surrey
What a farm roof near Camberley generates
Modelled irradiation at this latitude is 1155 kWh per square metre a year in the plane of a shallow-pitched roof, which works out at 900 kWh for every kWp installed (EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss). That sits within a few percent of the mean across the areas we cover, so what decides the scheme is your own demand pattern rather than the latitude.
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 Camberley is higher than the record shows.
Most of the buildings we look at here sit in the GU postcode area.
Bracknell Forest 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.
Camberley ranks 9 of 10 towns we cover in Surrey on modelled yield, against a national mean of 886 kWh per kWp. The county runs from 900 to 916, a spread of 16 kWh per kWp. Within Surrey 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 GU15
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanhope Road - Solar Panels | Electron Green | 1.22 MW | Roof | Application Refused |
| Stanhope Road - Solar Panels | Electron Green | 1.22 MW | Roof | Application Refused |
| Data Centre, Dennison House, Stanhope Road - Solar Panels | Electron Green | 1.22 MW | Roof | Revised |
| Data Centre, Dennison House, Stanhope Road - Solar Panels | Electron Green | 1.15 MW | Roof | Awaiting Construction |
Grid connection through UK Power Networks
Connections around Camberley are handled by UK Power Networks, 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 Surrey the planning database records 74 solar schemes totalling 182 MW, of which 6 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 Camberley
- What would a 500 kWp array produce on a farm near Camberley?
- Yes, and the figure matters more than the sunshine. At 900 kWh per kWp a year, a 500 kWp array on a Camberley holding models at around 450,000 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 Camberley?
- Applications go to UK Power Networks, who run the network across Surrey. 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 Bracknell Forest 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 Bracknell Forest before the design is finalised.
- Has anyone near GU15 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.