Solar panels, batteries and heat pumps in Leeds
MCS-certified solar, batteries, heat pumps and EV chargers across Leeds and the West Yorkshire towns around it.
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Solar panel installers for Leeds.
Leeds has more of everything than the towns around it: semis and terraces between them make up three in five of its homes, but 17.5% are flats, and in the wards around the universities and the city centre nearly half of households heat with electricity alone. A semi in Garforth, a back-to-back in Harehills and a flat in Little London need three different answers. This page gives the figures for each part of the city and the towns beyond it, rather than one number for all of them.
Every install is MCS certified (NAP-75287), with 0% VAT on solar, batteries and heat pumps until March 2027 and the £7,500 Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant claimed for you.
- Postcode districts
- LS1 and LS2 for the city centre, LS3–LS6 the inner north-west from Burley and Kirkstall to Headingley and Hyde Park, LS7 and LS8 Chapel Allerton, Chapeltown, Harehills and Roundhay, LS9 the east from Burmantofts to Richmond Hill, LS10 and LS11 the south from Hunslet and Middleton to Beeston and Holbeck, LS12 and LS13 Armley, Wortley and Bramley, LS14 and LS15 Seacroft, Cross Gates and Halton, LS16 and LS17 Adel, Cookridge, Moortown and Alwoodley, LS18 Horsforth, LS19 Yeadon and Rawdon, LS20 Guiseley, LS21 Otley, LS22 and LS23 Wetherby and Boston Spa, LS25 Garforth and Kippax, LS26 Rothwell, LS27 Morley and LS28 Pudsey; plus WF8 for Pontefract, WF10 for Castleford and HX1–HX3 for Halifax
- Network operator (DNO)
- Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire). We make the G98 notification or G99 application for your solar or battery; you do not need to contact them.
What the figures say about Leeds homes.
What the public data says about homes here, and what it means for yours.
946 kWh
a year from each kW of panels
A south-facing roof at 35° in central Leeds, after losses. An east or west roof gives about a fifth less over the year, and a battery makes better use of what it does produce by moving the daytime surplus into the evening.
Source: PVGIS (European Commission Joint Research Centre), central Leeds
80
conservation areas in the Leeds district
From the city centre and Headingley to Horsforth, Pudsey, Morley and Wetherby. Roof panels are normally still permitted development in one, but panels on a wall facing the road and a heat pump on the front need planning permission, so we check before we design.
Source: Leeds City Council, conservation areas, and planning.data.gov.uk
1 in 10
Leeds homes heated by electricity alone
10.7% of households, rising to 45.5% in Little London & Woodhouse and 37.4% in Hunslet & Riverside, where most homes are flats. Those homes gain the most from a battery charged on a cheap overnight tariff.
Source: Census 2021, TS046 central heating and TS044 accommodation type (ONS, via Nomis)
28.7%
of Leeds households have no car
Against 23.5% across England, and 62% in Little London & Woodhouse. In Harewood ward it is 9%, and in Wetherby, Adel & Wharfedale and Horsforth one in six or fewer, which is where an EV charger fitted with the panels makes most sense.
Source: Census 2021, TS045 car or van availability (ONS, via Nomis)
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The houses here, and what works on them
Terraces are a quarter of Leeds homes and more than two in five in Headingley & Hyde Park and Gipton & Harehills, including the back-to-backs Leeds is known for in Harehills, Beeston, Holbeck and Armley. A back-to-back has one roof slope, facing the street, which can still take panels, and the inverter and battery go inside. There is usually no back yard for a heat pump, so the only place for one is the wall facing the street, and that needs planning permission. For most back-to-backs a battery on a cheap overnight tariff is the better first step.
Semis are the commonest house in Leeds at 37.5%, and more than half the homes in Moortown, Temple Newsam, Killingbeck & Seacroft and Garforth & Swillington. Interwar and post-war semis in Cross Gates, Whinmoor, Seacroft and Moortown are the city's easiest roofs: simple gables, concrete tiles and a garden with room for a heat pump. The Victorian villas of Roundhay, Headingley and Chapel Allerton are a different job, with slate roofs, chimneys and mature trees, so we model the shading rather than guess.
Out towards the Wharfe the houses get bigger: Harewood ward is 55% detached and Wetherby 42%, against 15.5% across Leeds. A few of those villages are off the gas main, with 1.9% of Harewood homes on oil, and a heat pump there replaces the dearest fuel and qualifies for the higher £9,000 grant. In the city centre the picture flips: 57% of homes in Little London & Woodhouse are flats, and with no roof of their own a battery and the right tariff are what helps.
Planning and conservation areas
Leeds City Council has 80 conservation areas, from the city centre, Headingley, Chapel Allerton and Roundhay to villages such as Thorner, Bramham and Boston Spa. In a conservation area, roof panels are normally still permitted development as long as they are sited to keep their effect on the street to a minimum, but panels on a wall facing the road, and a heat pump on a wall or roof facing the road, need planning permission. Listed buildings need listed building consent. The Article 4 direction covering Headingley and other inner suburbs is about converting houses to shared homes, not about panels or heat pumps. We check the council's map at the survey and make the application for you if one is needed.
Pontefract and Castleford are planned by Wakefield Council, which has 31 conservation areas; Whitwood, Heath and St John's in Wakefield carry Article 4 directions that remove some permitted development rights, so we check those houses individually. Halifax is planned by Calderdale Council, which has 21 conservation areas, among them the town centre, Akroydon, People's Park, Savile Park and Skircoat Green. Outside conservation areas and listed buildings, roof solar, batteries and air source heat pumps are permitted development on most houses across all three districts.
What Leeds homeowners ask us.
Who do you need permission from to connect solar in Leeds?
Northern Powergrid runs the network across Leeds, Pontefract, Castleford and Halifax. A typical home system is notified to them after the install under G98; a bigger inverter or a large battery needs a G99 application first, which can take several weeks. We make the application and deal with them; you do not need to contact them yourself.
I live in a back-to-back. Can I have solar panels or a heat pump?
Panels, usually yes: the one roof slope faces the street, and roof panels are permitted development on most houses, including in a conservation area, as long as they are sited to keep their effect on the street to a minimum. A heat pump is harder, because the only outside wall faces the street, and a heat pump there needs planning permission. For most back-to-backs we suggest panels and a battery on an overnight tariff first.
I live in Headingley or Roundhay. Can I still have solar panels?
Usually yes. Both are conservation areas, so panels on a wall facing the road and a heat pump on the front of the house need planning permission, but roof panels are normally still permitted development. The Article 4 direction in Headingley is about shared houses and does not change that. We check your house against the council's map at the survey and, if consent is needed, prepare and submit the application.
My flat has electric heating. What helps most?
Usually a battery charged on a cheap overnight tariff, and panels too if you have a roof of your own. In Leeds one home in ten is heated by electricity alone, and nearly half in Little London & Woodhouse, and moving that use into the cheap hours is the biggest saving available to them.
Do you cover the whole of Leeds?
Yes: the city and every town and village in the district, including Otley, Guiseley, Yeadon, Rothwell, Kippax, Boston Spa and Harewood, as well as Pontefract, Castleford and Halifax. We fit anywhere in the country, so if your postcode is just outside, put it in anyway.
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Around Leeds.
We cover Leeds and everywhere around it. A few of the places nearby, and what tends to matter there.
Pontefract
WF8 · Wakefield Council
The liquorice town, with conservation areas at Pontefract Castle, the Market Place and The Mount. In Pontefract South ward 29% of homes are detached and 2.3% run on oil or bottled gas, against 0.8% across the Wakefield district, so the villages to the south are worth a heat pump conversation.
Castleford
WF10 · Wakefield Council
Castleford Central and Glasshoughton ward is 46% terraced, the most in the Wakefield district, so a single slope of panels and a battery is the usual job. The town gained its own conservation area in 2026, and Whitwood on its western edge has one with an Article 4 direction.
Halifax
HX1–HX3 · Calderdale Council
Built on the cloth trade around the Piece Hall of 1779, with conservation areas at the town centre, Akroydon, People's Park, Savile Park and Skircoat Green. Park ward is 66% terraced, mostly stone with slate roofs, and in Halifax Town ward 17% of homes are heated by electricity alone.
Pudsey
LS28 · Leeds City Council
On the western edge of Leeds, with two conservation areas: the old town centre, and Fulneck, the 18th-century Moravian settlement on the hillside to the south. Pudsey ward is 38% semis and 32% terraces, so most roofs here take one good slope of panels.
Morley
LS27 · Leeds City Council
A town in its own right, with a grade I listed town hall at the heart of its conservation area. Morley North is 86% on mains gas with semis the commonest house; Morley South has more terraces, three homes in ten, and more homes heated by electricity alone.
Wetherby
LS22 · Leeds City Council
A market town on the Wharfe with a conservation area over its centre, and more at Boston Spa and Thorp Arch nearby. Wetherby ward is 42% detached, nearly three times the Leeds share, which is where a larger array and a second battery start to make sense.
Horsforth
LS18 · Leeds City Council
Horsforth has two conservation areas, the old village and Cragg Hill and Woodside. The ward is 43% semis and only one household in six has no car, so the usual job is panels, a battery and an EV charger on the drive.
Garforth
LS25 · Leeds City Council
Semis make up 57% of homes in Garforth & Swillington ward and 87% are on mains gas, with no conservation area in the town. That makes it some of the most straightforward ground in Leeds for solar and a battery now, and a heat pump when the boiler is due.
Nearby towns with their own page: Wakefield, Huddersfield, Harrogate.
Everything we install across Leeds.
Solar panels
Solar and battery starting at £6,995 installed. 0% VAT until March 2027.
Battery storage
Sized to how you actually use power, not to fill a wall. 0% VAT until March 2027.
Air source heat pumps
£7,500 or £9,000 off under the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, claimed for you. 0% VAT until March 2027.
EV chargers
Fixed prices from £1,195 fitted, VAT included. Pick your charger, pay online, and we fit it.
Air conditioning
Priced per room. 0% VAT on a fixed system in your home until March 2027.
Commercial
Solar, batteries and air conditioning for Leeds businesses, schools and farms.
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