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Solar panels in Leicester Solar panel installers in Leicester
We're a family-run, MCS certified installer fitting solar panels and battery storage for homeowners in Leicester, from our base in Retford, Nottinghamshire, about 48 miles away. The consultation and quote are free, there's no pressure to sign, and most homes are fitted in a single day.
0% depositNothing to pay when you sign
Leicester City Council's Warm Homes: Local Grant
Closed to new applications
May reopen in 2028, subject to funding
When we checked in October 2026
25 conservation areas
- New Walk
- Stoneygate
- South Highfields
- Knighton
- Evington village
or call 0333 577 6576Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Solar panels and battery storage for Leicester homes
Leicester is about 48 miles south of our Retford office, and like us it's in the East Midlands. We install solar panels and batteries for homeowners across the city.
Every job starts with a free consultation about your roof and how you use electricity, so the system is sized for your home rather than taken off the shelf. Whether you live in a terrace near the centre or a semi on the edge of the city, we work out how many panels fit, which slope suits them and whether anything shades the roof. Then you get a written quote with the full price. If you run a business, we also fit commercial solar panels, with the same free consultation and written quote.
- How many panels fit
- Which slope suits them
- Whether anything shades the roof
Semis and terraces make up most of Leicester's homes: in the 2021 Census, 36% of the city's households lived in a semi-detached house and 29% in a terraced one, and 23% lived in a flat or other building.
- live in a semi-detached house
- 36%
- live in a terraced house
- 29%
- live in a flat or other building
- 23%
Leicester households, 2021 Census
What we install in Leicester
Costs, savings and help with the price in Leicester
- October 2026Closed to new applicationsThis year's funding had been allocated
- 2028May reopenSubject to funding
Leicester City Council's Warm Homes: Local Grant is meant to cut energy bills for lower-income households, and it can pay for solar panels for privately owned homes with an EPC of D to G and household income of £36,000 or less. When we checked in October 2026, it was closed to new applications because this year's funding had been allocated, and the council says it may reopen in 2028, subject to funding.
Prices, payback and export payments are much the same across England, so rather than repeat them on every area page, we've written them up once:
- What solar panels cost, by system size, and how to compare quotes
- Whether solar panels are worth it, with payback figures
- Solar panel grants and who qualifies
- Battery storage, including adding a battery to existing panels
Solar panel installation in Leicester: how it works
About 48 miles from Retford
We're about 48 miles away in Retford. Being further from our office doesn't change how we work.
A free consultation and a written quote
We start with a free consultation, by phone or at your home in Leicester, then send a written quote with the full price.
Fitted in a day
If you go ahead, an independent technical surveyor checks the details, then most homes are fitted in a day, and we notify the network operator and send your handover pack afterwards.
What happens on installation day, step by step.
- 30 years
- Panel performance
- A 30-year guarantee that the panels keep producing a minimum level of power
- 25 years
- Panel product
- A 25-year warranty covering faults in the panels themselves
- MCS certified
- Installation
- MCS certified, so your system qualifies for export tariffs
Planning permission in Leicester
For most houses in Leicester, rooftop solar panels are permitted development, so you won't need planning permission. The exceptions are listed buildings and Leicester City Council's 25 conservation areas, which include New Walk, Stoneygate, South Highfields, Knighton and Evington village. Some of these have Article 4 directions with extra planning controls, so we check your address against the council's maps before we design anything.
- conservation areas in Leicester
- 25
The national rules changed on 27 August 2026: planning permission for solar panels has the current limits.
National Grid Electricity Distribution runs the local electricity network. Most home systems only need notifying after they're switched on; bigger ones need approval first. We handle both.
What customers say
Rated 5 out of 5 on Trustpilot
Spoke to about 5 companies all singing from the same hymn sheet. Landed with solar save. Seemed like the only ones that genuinely knew what they were talking about.
Rated 5 out of 5 on Trustpilot
The scaffolding went up Monday, the system was installed and commissioned Wednesday…
Rated 5 out of 5 on Google
We felt looked after, not patronised, and the team were very professional and thorough.
Solar panels in Leicester: questions people ask
Do you install solar panels in Leicester?
Yes. We're based in Retford, about 48 miles away, and install solar panels and batteries for homeowners across Leicester.
Is there a solar panel grant in Leicester?
Leicester City Council's Warm Homes: Local Grant can pay for solar panels for eligible lower-income homes. When we checked in October 2026 it was closed to new applications, and the council says it may reopen in 2028, subject to funding.
Do I need planning permission for solar panels in Leicester?
Usually not for a house. Listed buildings need consent, and some installations in conservation areas need permission or prior approval. Leicester City Council handles planning for most of Leicester, and we check the position for your address before we quote.
Nearby areas we cover
- Nottinghamabout 27 miles from Retford
- Coventryabout 67 miles from Retford
- Derbyabout 35 miles from Retford
- Birminghamabout 70 miles from Retford
Sources
Figures and rules on this page were checked on 11 October 2026. Schemes, tariffs and prices change, so check the latest before you decide.
- Energy Saving Trust: Solar panels, costs, savings and benefits, updated 1 October 2026
- ONS: Census 2021, accommodation type (TS044), 2021 census
- Energy Networks Association: Find my network operator, checked 11 October 2026
- legislation.gov.uk: General Permitted Development Order 2015, Schedule 2, Part 14, up to date to 9 October 2026
- legislation.gov.uk: S.I. 2026/896, solar permitted development changes, in force 27 August 2026
- Leicester City Council: Warm Homes: Local Grant, checked 11 October 2026
- Leicester City Council: Conservation areas, checked 11 October 2026
- ONS: Census 2021, accommodation type (TS044), Leicester, 2021 census
Get your free quote in Leicester
Tell us a little about your home and we'll call to arrange a free consultation, by phone or at your home, then send you a written quote. No obligation, and no pressure.
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