Solar Panels for Edinburgh Homes

A solar installation for an Edinburgh home is the panels on the roof, the mounting, an inverter, and the electrical connection into the house. The layout follows a survey of that roof. 0% VAT on solar installs until 31 March 2027. Export payments, where you apply, are the Smart Export Guarantee, and the supplier sets the rate. Planning follows the national householder rules, with a further Edinburgh note for listed buildings and conservation areas. The price is the quote after the survey.

VAT Notice 708/6 · Scottish Government Circular 1/2024 (28 May 2024) · correct as of 3 October 2026

Pentland Renewables designs the array for homes in Edinburgh and the Lothians from the workshop in Penicuik. The survey checks roof covering, pitch, shading, cable route, and the consumer unit. A tenement and a detached house are different jobs. The quote names the materials and the labour. Panel counts are set there, for the roof that was seen.

Read the scope on solar panels. If you want storage priced with the array, add battery storage on the form. The weather note is solar panels in Scottish weather.

0% VAT on solar installs until 31 March 2027. From 1 April 2027 the rate is 5%. That 0% covers the panels, the cables, the controller, and the inverter, fitted in or on the building. If you only buy the equipment and nobody fits it, VAT is at the standard rate. Houses and blocks of flats both qualify.

VAT Notice 708/6 · correct as of 3 October 2026

Your electricity supplier has to pay you for solar electricity you send back to the grid. This is the Smart Export Guarantee. It covers solar in Great Britain up to 5MW. The rate stays above zero. The supplier chooses the pence rate, how long the contract lasts, and how you apply. You can compare suppliers.

Smart Export Guarantee · correct as of 3 October 2026

For a home solar system up to 50kW, the supplier asks you to show the kit and the installer are certified. An MCS certificate is the usual example. Other schemes that meet EN 45011 or EN ISO/IEC 17065:2012 also count. For systems above 50kW and up to 5MW, the guidance asks for a certificate for the installation.

Ofgem generator guidance · correct as of 3 October 2026

Details and the certification table are on the SEG post.

You can usually put solar panels on your house without a planning application when they stick out by 1 metre or less from the wall or roof. You need to apply if the house is listed, in the grounds of a listed building, or in a World Heritage Site. In a conservation area, the panels go on the back of the house, or on a side that faces away from the road.

Scottish Government Circular 1/2024 (28 May 2024) · correct as of 3 October 2026

The same national rules cover flats. Solar on a flat follows the solar rules, and a heat pump follows the heat pump rules. In a conservation area, or in the grounds of a listed building, other changes to the outside of a flat need a planning application.

Circular 1/2024, flats · correct as of 3 October 2026

On a listed Edinburgh building, or in a conservation area, the council looks for panels away from elevations the public can see. The alternatives it describes are a secondary roof slope, a spot hidden from the main views, and a smaller building in the grounds. Where listed building consent is required, it stays in place. The council heat pump page points householders to the Scottish Government guidance.

Edinburgh listed building and conservation area guidance · Edinburgh heat pump page · correct as of 3 October 2026

The area page is solar panels in Edinburgh. Heritage homes are discussed in solar on listed Edinburgh homes. Heat pump funding, if heating is part of the enquiry, is on heat pumps and the grants guide.

Send the form with the postcode and the work you want priced. We survey the home, then send the quote. The workshop address is Unit 2b Eastfield Industrial Estate, Penicuik, EH26 8HA. Get my quote starts that visit.

Edinburgh has many flats. The same national rules cover them. Solar on a flat follows the solar rules. In a conservation area, or in the grounds of a listed building, other changes to the outside of a flat need a planning application. A shared roof is still a survey of that building: access, the covering, the cable route through the common stair or an external wall, and the consumer unit in the flat. The quote describes the work for that property.

Circular 1/2024, flats · correct as of 3 October 2026

The same visit can price a battery or a heat pump when you select them. They are separate lines. Export payments, if you later apply, follow the Smart Export Guarantee. The supplier sets the tariff. 0% VAT on solar installs until 31 March 2027.

VAT Notice 708/6 · correct as of 3 October 2026

Pentland Renewables works from Unit 2b Eastfield Industrial Estate, Penicuik, EH26 8HA, and works with homes across Edinburgh and the Lothians. Midlothian, East Lothian, West Lothian, and Penicuik use the same national circular, with the local notes on those pages. Start with the quote form.

Panels on a smaller building in the grounds stick out by 500 millimetres or less, and that building sits behind the front of the house. You need to apply if the building is listed, in the grounds of a listed building, or in a World Heritage Site. Equipment that is no longer used for generation comes down as soon as is practical. The survey records which of these cases the Edinburgh property is, and the quote follows that record. Solar on listed Edinburgh homes walks through the council note.

Scottish Government Circular 1/2024 (28 May 2024) · correct as of 3 October 2026

0% VAT on a home battery fitted at your home from 1 February 2024 until 31 March 2027. A battery quote is battery storage. Home Energy Scotland can pay a grant of up to £7,500 towards a heat pump, with an optional loan of £7,500, on the grants guide.

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