Is there enough sun around Redditch to make this work?

Modelled at 877 kWh per kWp a year for a shallow-pitched roof at this latitude, which puts a 500 kWp array at roughly 439,000 kWh a year before shading. That array needs about 1,485 sqm of clear roof once ridge vents and walkways are allowed for. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.

Who do we apply to for export near Redditch?

Only National Grid Electricity Distribution can answer it for your connection, and on rural feeders the answer varies farm to farm. An export-limited offer usually still works, because a holding with grain drying, cooling or ventilation uses most of what it makes.

Do we need planning permission in Redditch?

In most cases no, because panels on the roof of an agricultural building usually sit within permitted development. The exceptions are listed buildings, conservation areas, protected landscapes and arrays that stand proud of the roof. We check with Redditch either way.

Has anyone near B98 already done this?

The planning database records 0 ground mounted and 6 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 Redditch

Most holdings around Redditch already own the best generating site they will ever have, and it is the roof of the shed they built for something else. Each survey records the sheet type and condition, the usable area once rooflights and vents come out, and whether the supply is single or three phase.

877 kWh per kWp a year at this latitude, so a 500 kWp array models at about 439,000 kWh. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.

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Drawing Redditch unit

Roof 96 x 62 m

Array 500 kWp

Yield 439,000 kWh/yr

Scale 1:500 / Rev A / B98

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

Redditch / Worcestershire

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

Farm building solar PV across Worcestershire

What a farm roof near Redditch generates

Modelled irradiation at this latitude is 1125 kWh per square metre a year in the plane of a shallow-pitched roof, which works out at 877 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.

6 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 Redditch is higher than the record shows.

We survey holdings across the B postcode area, starting from B98.

Redditch 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 Redditch roof makes, month by month

Jul produces 6.1 times what Dec does on the same roof. A 500 kWp array here models at about 439,000 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	23	11,500
Feb	38	19,000
Mar	72	36,000
Apr	102	51,000
May	120	60,000
Jun	121	60,500
Jul	122	61,000
Aug	103	51,500
Sep	80	40,000
Oct	49	24,500
Nov	29	14,500
Dec	20	10,000

Source: EU PVGIS v5.2

FIG. 2 Redditch against the rest of Worcestershire

Worcester882
Redditch877
Droitwich877
Evesham876
Malvern875
Bromsgrove872
Kidderminster866

Redditch ranks 2 of 7 towns we cover in Worcestershire on modelled yield, against a national mean of 886 kWh per kWp. The county runs from 866 to 882, a spread of 16 kWh per kWp. Within Worcestershire 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

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 Worcestershire the planning database records 62 solar schemes totalling 506 MW, of which 6 are operational (REPD Q1 2026).

Solar already consented near B98

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
Heming Point Roof Mounted Solar Panels	TRT Lighting Limited	0.2 MW	Roof	Operational
Thorlux Lighting Moons, Merse Road - Solar PV system	FW Thorpe PLC	1.43 MW	Roof	Awaiting Construction
Arthur Street - Solar Panels	Springmasters Limited	0.19 MW	Roof	Operational
Sparlonz Limited - Solar Panels	Sparlonz Limited	0.25 MW	Roof	Awaiting Construction
Oakland International, Seafield Lane - Solar Panels	Oakland International Limited	0.39 MW	Roof	Awaiting Construction
Hsh Coldstores Limited, Moons Moat Drive - Solar panels	HSH Coldstores	0.39 MW	Roof	Awaiting Construction

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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 Redditch

Is there enough sun around Redditch to make this work?: Modelled at 877 kWh per kWp a year for a shallow-pitched roof at this latitude, which puts a 500 kWp array at roughly 439,000 kWh a year before shading. That array needs about 1,485 sqm of clear roof once ridge vents and walkways are allowed for. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.
Who do we apply to for export near Redditch?: Only National Grid Electricity Distribution can answer it for your connection, and on rural feeders the answer varies farm to farm. An export-limited offer usually still works, because a holding with grain drying, cooling or ventilation uses most of what it makes.
Do we need planning permission in Redditch?: In most cases no, because panels on the roof of an agricultural building usually sit within permitted development. The exceptions are listed buildings, conservation areas, protected landscapes and arrays that stand proud of the roof. We check with Redditch either way.
Has anyone near B98 already done this?: The planning database records 0 ground mounted and 6 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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