Solar for homes · Staffordshire

Solar panels for homes across Staffordshire

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South Staffordshire is the county we reach first when we head north. Wombourne and Codsall are eight to twelve miles from the office, Cannock and Burntwood thirteen, Lichfield fifteen, Tamworth sixteen and Stafford twenty-one. The A5, A34 and M6 Toll make all of them an easy run for a survey or a callback, and the housing is some of the best-suited to solar in our whole catchment.

That is because Staffordshire's districts are detached-heavy. Nearly four in ten homes in Stafford, Lichfield and South Staffordshire are detached houses and a further third are semi-detached, which translates into bigger, less shaded roofs with two usable slopes and almost always a garage. Stafford borough already has one of the highest solar shares in our area, at around 8.5% of households, and installations there doubled between 2020 and 2025.

Two things are specific to Staffordshire and worth knowing before you get a quote. Tamworth and Burton sit on the East Midlands electricity network rather than the West Midlands one, with Lichfield and Burntwood straddling the boundary, which changes who we apply to for the connection, and the county council withdrew its climate emergency declaration in October 2025, so the local commitments that matter now are the district councils', which we set out below.

Staffordshire roofs, and where the battery goes

The Census paints a consistent picture: Stafford borough is 38.5% detached and 32.7% semi-detached across its 60,048 households, Lichfield 37.9% and 35.4%, South Staffordshire 39.5% and 39.2%, Cannock Chase 29.9% and 46.7%, and Tamworth 26.6% and 38.5%. Flats are under 12% everywhere. Terraces are rarest in South Staffordshire (10.7%) and most common in Tamworth (21.4%), whose post-war overspill estates were built for Birmingham families in the 1960s and 70s.

For us that means a lot of 5 to 6 kWp designs on detached roofs, often with panels on two slopes to spread generation across the day, and a battery in the garage rather than the loft. Cannock's and Tamworth's semis are the classic single-slope job. Where a home backs onto Cannock Chase or open farmland we check the horizon for shading in winter, when the sun is low, because it changes the model more than people expect.

What the councils in Staffordshire have committed to

Stafford Borough Council declared a climate emergency in 2019 and in September 2025 voted to bring its own net-zero date forward from 2040 to 2035. Lichfield District Council works to the national 2050 target and publishes a carbon-neutral dashboard tracking its progress. Cannock Chase District Council declared a climate emergency in July 2019 with a vision of a carbon-neutral district by 2030, which councillors later revised after the full cost of a district-wide 2030 target was put at £4.7bn. Tamworth Borough Council declared a climate emergency in 2019 and committed to net zero across its own services and estate by 2050, with an aspiration to reach it by 2030 if finances allow.

Staffordshire County Council, which had declared a climate emergency in July 2019, rescinded that declaration at a full council meeting on 9 October 2025 and asked its cabinet to produce a new environmental strategy. None of this changes the rules that apply to your house: permitted development for rooftop solar is national law, the 0% VAT rate on home solar and batteries is national, and the network operator's G98 and G99 procedures are the same across the county.

Local facts, sourced

Staffordshire in numbers

Every figure below comes from a named public source: the Census, DESNZ, the European Commission's PVGIS model, HM Land Registry, the network operator lookup and the councils themselves.

  • Detached houses are 39.5% of households in South Staffordshire, 38.5% in Stafford and 37.9% in Lichfield (Census 2021); Cannock Chase is the most semi-detached district in our catchment at 46.7%.

    Source: ONS Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type, via nomis (dataset NM_2062_1)

  • Solar PV installations at the end of 2025: Stafford 5,124 (about 8.5% of its 60,000 households, up 100% since 2020), Lichfield 2,660 (5.8%, up 71%), Cannock Chase 2,484 (5.7%, up 49%), South Staffordshire 2,517 (5.5%, up 72%), Tamworth 1,397 (4.2%, up 48%) and East Staffordshire 3,362 (6.6%, up 96%).

    Source: DESNZ, Renewable electricity by local authority 2014 to 2025 (published 29 September 2026), Solar PV sites and estimated households

  • A 4 kWp south-facing array at 35 degrees is modelled at 3,938 kWh a year in Tamworth, 3,928 in Lichfield, 3,884 in Stafford and 3,832 in Cannock, long-term averages for an unshaded roof.

    Source: European Commission JRC, PVGIS 5.3 (SARAH3), 4 kWp, south, 35 degrees, 14% system loss

  • Stafford Borough Council declared a climate emergency in 2019 and in September 2025 voted to bring forward its own net-zero target from 2040 to 2035.

    Source: Stafford Borough Council, 'Net zero target slashed by Stafford Borough Council' (staffordbc.gov.uk, September 2025)

  • Cannock Chase District Council declared a climate emergency in July 2019 with a vision of a carbon-neutral district by 2030; councillors later revised that target after a costing put district-wide carbon neutrality by 2030 at £4.7bn.

    Source: Cannock Chase District Council, Tackling Climate Change (cannockchasedc.gov.uk); Express and Star reports on the revised target

  • Lichfield District Council works to a net-zero target of 2050 and publishes a carbon-neutral dashboard and an internal carbon reduction action plan.

    Source: Lichfield District Council, carbon-neutral dashboard (lichfielddc.gov.uk/carbon-reduction/carbon-neutral-dashboard)

  • Tamworth Borough Council declared a climate emergency in 2019 and committed to net zero across its service provision and estate by 2050, aspiring to 2030 if financially able.

    Source: Tamworth Borough Council, Tackling climate change in Tamworth (community.tamworth.gov.uk)

  • Staffordshire County Council rescinded its July 2019 climate emergency declaration at a full council meeting on 9 October 2025, tasking its cabinet with a new environmental strategy and action plan.

    Source: Express and Star, 11 October 2025, 'Staffordshire County Council scraps climate emergency declaration six years on'

  • Tamworth (B77, B78, B79) and Burton (DE13, DE14) are served by National Grid's East Midlands network; Cannock (WS11, WS12), Rugeley (WS15), Stafford (ST16, ST17) and Codsall (WV8) are on the West Midlands network; and real postcodes in Lichfield (WS13) and Burntwood (WS7) return both, so the licence area for those two towns depends on the street.

    Source: Octopus Energy grid-supply-point API (api.octopus.energy/v1/industry/grid-supply-points), groups _B and _E, three real postcodes per outcode

  • Average house prices in July 2026 were £335,799 in Lichfield, £258,024 in Stafford, £236,743 in Cannock Chase and £229,251 in Tamworth.

    Source: HM Land Registry, UK House Price Index, July 2026 (landregistry.data.gov.uk)

NETWORK OPERATOR

National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands) for most of the county; Tamworth and Burton are on the East Midlands licence area, and Lichfield and Burntwood straddle the boundary

Real-postcode lookups return the West Midlands network for Codsall (WV8), Cannock (WS11, WS12), Rugeley (WS15) and Stafford (ST16, ST17); the East Midlands area for Tamworth (B77, B78, B79) and Burton (DE13, DE14); and a mix of the two for Lichfield (WS13) and Burntwood (WS7). Your MPAN confirms your own supply.

MODELLED YIELD

3,938 kWh a year for 4 kWp, south-facing at 35 degrees, in Tamworth (Lichfield 3,928, Stafford 3,884, Cannock 3,832).

PVGIS 5.3 long-term average for an unshaded roof; we model your actual roof.

FROM OUR OFFICE

8 to 26 miles from Broadwell Road, Oldbury (B69 4BY).

Great-circle distance from our office to the town centre; the engineer who surveys is the one who installs.

Data last reviewed: October 2026

Towns we cover in Staffordshire

Distances are from our Oldbury office. Where a town has its own page it is linked; the rest are covered from this page and quoted the same way.

  • Wombourne

    8 miles

    South Staffordshire's largest village; 1960s to 80s detached and semis with garages, our nearest Staffordshire work.

  • Codsall

    11.7 miles

    Detached-led housing on the Wolverhampton edge; West Midlands network (WV8).

  • Cannock

    12.8 miles

    The most semi-detached district in our area at 46.7%; a classic single-slope roof and 2,484 installs so far.

  • Burntwood

    12.8 miles

    Post-war and newer estates between Cannock and Lichfield; WS7 straddles the West and East Midlands network boundary, so we check your MPAN first.

  • Lichfield

    14.7 miles

    Nearly 38% detached, the highest house prices in Staffordshire, a conservation area around the cathedral close where roof slopes stay permitted development, and WS13 sits on the network boundary.

  • Penkridge

    15.7 miles

    Village housing with open aspects; we check the winter horizon over the surrounding farmland.

  • Tamworth

    16.3 miles

    On the East Midlands network, so the G99 route differs; 1960s overspill estates with a higher share of terraces.

  • Rugeley

    18.1 miles

    Former power-station town on the edge of Cannock Chase; we model shading from the Chase on north-facing plots.

  • Stafford

    20.8 miles

    Around 8.5% of households already have solar, installs doubled since 2020, and the council has brought its own net-zero date forward to 2035.

  • Burton upon Trent

    26.1 miles

    East Staffordshire, at the edge of our range; 3,362 installs across the district and 96% growth since 2020.

For your home

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The next step

Tell us where you are in Staffordshire and what your roof faces, and we will model a system for your house and give you a fixed price. If you are in Tamworth we will sort the East Midlands connection application as part of the job.

We install across Birmingham, the Black Country, Worcestershire and Staffordshire from our base in Oldbury, and regularly travel 30 to 40 miles, Telford, Coventry, Shrewsbury and Stafford included. If you are on the edge of that, just ask.

Staffordshire home solar questions

Why does it matter that Tamworth is on a different electricity network?

The connection application for a solar-and-battery system goes to the distribution network operator for your postcode. Most of Staffordshire, including Cannock, Rugeley and Stafford, is on National Grid's West Midlands licence area; Tamworth and Burton return the East Midlands area, and Lichfield and Burntwood straddle the boundary street by street. The rules are the same (G98 up to 3.68 kW per phase, G99 above), but the application goes to a different team and timescales can differ. We check it from your postcode before quoting.

My house backs onto Cannock Chase. Does shading from trees matter?

In winter, yes. A tall tree line to the south can cut December and January generation noticeably even if it never shades the roof in summer, because the sun sits so low. We model the horizon for your plot rather than assuming a clear sky, and where one slope is affected we often put panels on the east or west slope instead. The honest answer is that most homes on the Chase edge still make a solid case for solar, but the numbers should be real.

Do Staffordshire councils offer grants for home solar?

Not as a general scheme. The district commitments we list above are about the councils' own buildings and area-wide planning rather than household grants. The support that does apply to a Staffordshire home is national: the 0% VAT rate on installing solar and batteries until 31 March 2027, and export payments through the Smart Export Guarantee. We will tell you if that changes.

How quickly can you get to Stafford or Burton for a survey?

Stafford is 21 miles from the office and regular work for us; Burton upon Trent is 26 miles and at the edge of our range, which we still cover. We usually survey within a week or two of your enquiry and the engineer who surveys is the one who designs and installs.

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