Solar panels, batteries and heat pumps in Huddersfield
MCS-certified solar, batteries, heat pumps and EV chargers across Huddersfield and the Holme and Colne valleys.
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Solar panel installers for Huddersfield.
Huddersfield is stone country. Nearly a third of homes in Kirklees are terraced, and in the Colne Valley it is half, most of them built of millstone grit with heavy stone-slate roofs and set into hillsides that shade one slope for part of the day. Up the Holme Valley the houses get bigger and older, a few still burn oil, and the moors above the villages are in the Peak District National Park. This page covers the town and both valleys, with the figures for each.
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
- HD1 for the town centre, HD2 Fartown, Birkby and Bradley, HD3 Lindley, Salendine Nook, Paddock and Outlane, HD4 Lockwood, Newsome, Netherton and Crosland Moor, HD5 Almondbury, Dalton, Moldgreen and Kirkheaton, HD7 Slaithwaite, Golcar, Linthwaite and Marsden, HD8 Kirkburton, Shepley, Skelmanthorpe and Denby Dale, and HD9 Holmfirth, Honley, Meltham, Netherthong and Brockholes
- 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.
Near Huddersfield.
We cover Huddersfield and everywhere around it. A few of the places nearby, and what tends to matter there.
Holmfirth
HD9 · Kirklees Council
The centre is a conservation area, and so are Underbank, Wooldale, Upperthong and Hinchliffe Mill around it. In Holme Valley South ward 37% of homes are detached and only 11% of households have no car, so bigger stone roofs, an EV charger and a heat pump in place of oil are all common conversations.
Honley
HD9 · Kirklees Council
A stone village above the River Holme with a conservation area over its old centre. Holme Valley North ward, which takes in Honley and Meltham, splits almost evenly between detached houses, semis and terraces, about 30% each, so no two jobs in the village look the same.
Slaithwaite
HD7 · Kirklees Council
A mill village with the Huddersfield Narrow Canal running through its centre, which is a conservation area. Colne Valley ward is 49% terraced, the highest share in Kirklees, so the usual job is one slope of panels on a stone terrace, with a battery to make the most of a roof the valley shades in the evening.
Meltham
HD9 · Kirklees Council
A small town under the moors, with its own conservation area. Meltham itself is outside the Peak District National Park, but Meltham Moor and Wessenden Head just to the south are inside it, so a house out on the moor road is a different planning question from one in the town.
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The houses here, and what works on them
The terraces of Lockwood, Paddock, Crosland Moor and the Colne Valley are mostly stone, with stone-slate or Welsh slate roofs, and many are built into the slope as underdwellings, one house above another. Golcar's weavers' cottages have long rows of windows on the top floor. Stone slate needs fixing with care and the valley sides shade one slope for part of the day, so we model the shading for every valley roof rather than guess. Solid stone walls lose more heat than cavity brick, so a heat pump here is sized from a room-by-room heat loss survey and often needs a few larger radiators.
Lindley, Almondbury and Dalton have more interwar and post-war semis, the easiest roofs around the town, with a garden for a heat pump. Kirkburton and Denby Dale wards are over 40% detached, with more oil heating than the town. Closer in, Newsome ward has 14.5% of homes heated by electricity alone, nearly three times the Kirklees figure, and a battery on an overnight tariff helps those most.
Planning and conservation areas
Kirklees Council has 59 conservation areas, many of them in the two valleys: Holmfirth, Honley, Meltham, Netherthong, Upperthong, Wooldale, Hepworth and Holme in the Holme Valley; Slaithwaite, Marsden, Golcar and Linthwaite in the Colne Valley. 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. Kirklees has around 4,500 listed buildings, and those need listed building consent.
The moors at the head of both valleys, including Holme Moss, Wessenden Head and Meltham Moor, are inside the Peak District National Park, where planning is decided by the Peak District National Park Authority rather than Kirklees. Holmfirth, Holme, Marsden and Meltham themselves are outside the boundary. We check which authority covers your house at the survey and make the application for you if one is needed.
What the figures say about Huddersfield homes.
What the public data says about homes here, and what it means for yours.
915 kWh
a year from each kW of panels
A south-facing roof at 35° in central Huddersfield, after losses, and about 870 kWh in Holmfirth, where the hills cut the low sun. An east or west roof gives about a fifth less, which still makes a terrace's one good slope worth covering, and a battery moves the daytime surplus into the evening.
Source: PVGIS (European Commission Joint Research Centre), central Huddersfield and Holmfirth
31.5%
of Kirklees homes are terraced
Against 23% across England, and 49% in Colne Valley ward and 47% in Golcar. A terrace usually takes one slope of panels, fixed to suit stone slate, and a battery under the stairs or in the cellar.
Source: Census 2021, TS044 accommodation type (ONS, via Nomis)
59
conservation areas in Kirklees
Including Huddersfield Town Centre, Holmfirth, Honley, Meltham, Slaithwaite, Marsden and Golcar. 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: Kirklees Council, conservation area maps
3.6%
of Holme Valley South homes run on oil or bottled gas
Against 0.9% across Kirklees. The farms and hamlets above Holmfirth, Hepworth and Holme are where a heat pump replaces the dearest fuel, and a home coming off oil or LPG gets the higher £9,000 grant.
Source: Census 2021, TS046 central heating (ONS, via Nomis)
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Everything we install across Huddersfield.
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 Huddersfield businesses, schools and farms.
What Huddersfield homeowners ask us.
Who do you need permission from to connect solar in Huddersfield?
Northern Powergrid runs the network across Huddersfield and the Holme and Colne valleys, right out to Marsden and Holme. 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 Holmfirth. Can I still have solar panels?
Usually yes. Holmfirth is a conservation area, 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. Many houses here have stone-slate roofs, which we fix to with care, and some are listed, which needs listed building consent. We check your house at the survey and, if consent is needed, prepare and submit the application.
My house is inside the Peak District National Park. Who decides?
The Peak District National Park Authority is the planning authority for the moorland edge of the district, around Holme Moss, Wessenden Head and Meltham Moor. Panels and heat pumps can still go ahead there, but the park's policies put more weight on how they sit in the landscape, so we check before designing and make any application to them for you.
Will a heat pump work in a stone house or an underdwelling?
Yes, if it is designed for the house. Solid stone walls lose more heat than cavity walls, so the heat loss survey matters more here than on a modern semi, and some rooms may need a larger radiator. On oil or bottled gas the grant is the higher £9,000, taken off the price up front, and we check the outdoor unit meets the MCS noise standard at the neighbours' windows.
Do you cover the whole of Huddersfield?
Yes: the town and both valleys, including Lindley, Almondbury, Golcar, Marsden, Kirkburton, Shepley, Denby Dale and Mirfield. We fit anywhere in the country, so if your postcode is just outside, put it in anyway.
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