Solar panels, batteries and heat pumps in Burnley
MCS-certified solar, batteries, heat pumps and EV chargers across Burnley, Padiham and Pendle.
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Solar panel installers for Burnley.
Burnley and the Pendle towns were built for the weaving trade, and the housing still follows it: nearly half the homes in Burnley and over half in Pendle are terraced, most of them in stone with slate roofs. That shapes almost every job here, from how many panels fit on a single slope to how a heat pump copes with solid walls. Up the valleys towards Pendle Hill the gas main thins out and oil appears, and the answer changes again.
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
- BB10–BB12 for the town (BB10 the north and east from Briercliffe and Brunshaw out to Worsthorne and Cliviger, BB11 the centre and south from Burnley Wood to Rosegrove and Hapton, BB12 the west from Gannow and Ightenhill to Padiham), plus BB8 and BB9 for Colne, Nelson, Brierfield and Barrowford in Pendle
- Network operator (DNO)
- Electricity North West (North West England, now trading as SP Electricity North West). We make the G98 notification or G99 application for your solar or battery; you do not need to contact them.
Solar, batteries, heat pumps and more in Burnley.
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 Burnley businesses, schools and farms.
See what fits your house
We come out, look at the roof, the loft and the meter, and tell you what is worth doing. No obligation.
Near Burnley.
We cover Burnley and everywhere around it. A few of the places nearby, and what tends to matter there.
Padiham
BB12 · Burnley Borough Council
Home of Gawthorpe Hall, with a conservation area over its historic core around Church Street and Burnley Road. Gawthorpe ward is 56% terraced and 31% of households there have no car, so a battery on a smart tariff usually comes before an EV charger.
Nelson
BB9 · Pendle Borough Council
A cotton-weaving town with five conservation areas, including Whitefield and Southfield. Whitefield & Walverden ward is 72% terraced, the highest of any ward in Burnley or Pendle, so the typical job is a single slope of panels and a compact battery, designed around chimneys and dormers.
Colne
BB8 · Pendle Borough Council
Built along a ridge above Colne Water, with conservation areas at Albert Road, Greenfield, Lidgett and Bents and Primet Bridge among others. Vivary Bridge and Waterside & Horsfield wards are both 64% terraced, and the exposed hillside streets make a heat loss survey on solid stone walls more important than usual.
Barrowford
BB9 · Pendle Borough Council
The village of the Pendle Heritage Centre, with its own conservation area and Higherford's next to it. Barrowford & Pendleside ward has more detached houses than the towns around it (26%) and nearly 8% of homes on oil or LPG, so a heat pump is more often the right answer here than in the towns.
The local data, and what it means for you.
What the public data says about homes here, and what it means for yours.
862 kWh
a year from each kW of panels
A south-facing roof at 35° in central Burnley, after losses. An east or west roof gives nearly a fifth less, which matters on terraced streets where the best slope is often not the south one, and a battery makes better use of whatever the roof produces.
Source: PVGIS (European Commission Joint Research Centre), central Burnley
47%
of Burnley homes are terraced
46.6% in Burnley and 52.7% in Pendle, against 23% across England. A terrace usually means one roof slope of eight to ten panels and a battery that fits under the stairs; the detached houses (14% in both districts) are where larger arrays go.
Source: Census 2021, TS044 accommodation type (ONS, via Nomis)
29%
of Burnley households have no car
29.3%, against 23.5% across England and 23.3% in Pendle. Many terraced streets have no off-street parking either, so here a battery and a smart tariff are usually the first step and an EV charger comes later, where there is a drive.
Source: Census 2021, TS045 car or van availability (ONS, via Nomis)
5.9%
of homes on oil in Barrowford & Pendleside ward
With another 2.0% on bottled or tank gas, against 0.4% on oil across Burnley. The villages between Barrowford and Pendle Hill are where a heat pump replaces the dearest fuel, and they qualify for the higher £9,000 grant.
Source: Census 2021, TS046 central heating (ONS, via Nomis)
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Roofs, walls and gardens in Burnley
The terraces of Burnley Wood, Trinity, Daneshouse and Bank Hall, and of Nelson and Colne, are mostly stone with slate roofs, built close together on sloping streets. One slope of panels is typical, fixed with slate hooks rather than tile brackets, and the inverter usually goes in the loft. 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; that is a design question, not a reason it cannot work.
Whittlefield with Ightenhill, Briercliffe and Cliviger with Worsthorne have more semis and detached houses on wider plots: in Whittlefield with Ightenhill 48% of homes are detached and 88% are on mains gas, which makes them the easiest solar, battery and heat pump houses in the borough. Closer to the centre, Daneshouse with Stoneyholme has 12% of homes heated by electricity alone, nearly three times the Burnley average, and a battery on an overnight tariff helps those most.
Planning and conservation areas
Burnley Borough Council has 10 conservation areas, including Burnley Town Centre, Canalside (which takes in the Weavers' Triangle), Padiham, Top o' th' Town and Worsthorne. Pendle has more than twenty, among them five in Nelson, four in and around Barrowford and Higherford, and Trawden Forest. In a conservation area, roof panels are normally still permitted development, but panels on a wall facing the road and a heat pump on the front of the house need planning permission, so we check the council's map at the survey and make the application for you if one is needed.
Outside conservation areas and listed buildings, roof solar, batteries and air source heat pumps are permitted development on most houses in Burnley and Pendle. On a mid-terrace the heat pump position is the main question: it still has to meet the MCS noise standard at the neighbours' nearest window, which we check at the survey rather than assume.
Before you book: Burnley questions.
Who runs the electricity network in Burnley and Pendle?
Electricity North West, now trading as SP Electricity North West, covers Burnley, Padiham, Nelson, Colne and Barrowford. Earby and Barnoldswick, in the north of Pendle, are on Northern Powergrid's Yorkshire network instead. Either way, a typical home system is notified after the install under G98, a larger one needs a G99 application first, and we deal with the network operator for you.
I live in Padiham's conservation area. Can I still have solar panels?
Usually yes. Padiham's conservation area covers the old centre around Church Street and Burnley Road, and there panels on a wall facing the road, or a heat pump on the front of the house, need planning permission; roof panels are normally still permitted development. Rear slopes are often fine. We check your house against Burnley Borough Council's map at the survey and, if consent is needed, prepare and submit the application.
Will a heat pump work in a stone terrace?
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. The outdoor unit usually goes in the back yard, and we check it meets the MCS noise standard at the neighbours' windows so it stays within permitted development.
Is a heat pump worth it in a Pendle village with no gas?
That is where it makes most sense. Oil and LPG cost more per unit of heat than a heat pump does to run, and a home coming off either gets the higher £9,000 Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant, taken off the price up front. Around Barrowford and towards Pendle Hill nearly one home in twelve still runs on one or the other.
Do you cover the whole of Burnley and Pendle?
Yes: Burnley and Padiham, Nelson, Brierfield, Colne, Barrowford, Trawden, Earby and Barnoldswick, and the villages in between. We fit anywhere in the country, so if your postcode is just outside, put it in anyway.
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