Solar panels Battle homeowners can trust, from listed cottages near Battle Abbey to family homes around Telham, Catsfield, and the wider TN33 villages. We design each system around older rooflines, rural access, and clear payback rather than forcing a one-size-fits-all package.
Solar installers in Battle: design, install, and aftercare for solar panels, batteries, and EV-ready setups — itemised quotes, no call-centre runaround.
1–3 days on site
~4 weeks from enquiry to install
No obligation
We install across Battle and roughly 6 miles around it, covering TN33. That's Rother District Council territory — we handle any submissions on your behalf. Just outside the circle? Ask anyway — we're often already working nearby.
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Battle's coverage area, plus our privacy-safe install pins
Postcodes
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Nearby towns we also cover
Pins are privacy-offset by around 100–200m, so the map never shows an exact customer address.
Design · Primary reason
Battle properties often mean mixed roof pitches, chimneys, dormers, and heritage-sensitive streets around the High Street and Abbey. We survey those details properly, model shading before we quote, and design a solar panel installation Battle households can actually live with day to day.
Planning and conservation checks are handled early. If your home sits near Battle Abbey, within a conservation area, or on a rural plot needing a more careful cable and scaffold plan, we prepare the paperwork and manage contact with Rother District Council so the project keeps moving.
Battery storage and EV charging are common upgrades in TN33 because many Battle homes have good roof space but varied day-time usage. We size the system around how you actually consume energy, so the battery, inverter, and panel layout work together instead of being guessed.
Planning & permissions
Properties near the Abbey or within conservation areas can need extra checks. We’ll advise during survey and handle submissions if required.
Rother District Council is the local planning authority for Battle, Bexhill, Robertsbridge and Ninfield.
The council lists solar panels among the works that are normally permitted development, so no planning application is needed. The rules are in Class A, Part 14, Schedule 2 of the General Permitted Development Order. Panels must not stick out more than 0.2 metres from the roof slope, must not sit higher than the highest part of the roof apart from the chimney, and must be placed so their effect on the building and the area is as small as possible. Class A does not apply at all if your home is listed.
Rother says permitted development may not apply if you are in the High Weald National Landscape, a conservation area or a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and that rights may have been removed by an earlier decision. Its general note that permitted development does not apply to flats is about householder rights; for solar, the order covers a block of flats as a whole, with its own limits. Its conservation areas include Battle, Bexhill Old Town, Bexhill Town Centre and Robertsbridge and Northbridge Street. 83% of the district is in the High Weald.
We confirm the position at survey and handle the submission.
The High Weald is a National Landscape, designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1983. It is not a planning authority. The High Weald team says responsibility for deciding planning applications stays with the fifteen local authorities the area covers, so your application still goes to Wealden or Rother.
Over 53% of Wealden District and 83% of Rother District are inside it. Both councils have adopted the High Weald Management Plan and both say it is a material consideration when they decide a planning application.
A National Landscape counts as article 2(3) land under the General Permitted Development Order. That matters in one specific way for solar: for a flat roof array you must first ask the council whether its prior approval is needed for how the panels will look, before work starts. Roof panels on a pitched roof are treated the same as anywhere else, within the usual Class A limits.
Rother also says permitted development may not apply in parts of the district inside the National Landscape, so it is worth checking.
We confirm the position at survey and handle the submission.
Don't see your exact postcode in the coverage list above? We're often nearby — ask and we'll confirm quickly.
Typical installs land between £6,000 and £12,500, depending on roof layout, system size, and whether you add a battery. We'll give you a fixed, itemised quote before any work starts.
15+ installations completed in and around Battle.
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Want a price that fits your roof and usage? We'll keep it simple and itemised.
Final price depends on roof layout, access and DNO requirements.
Not sure what solar will cost in Battle? Use our free calculator to get a tailored estimate — savings, system size, and battery options for your home, based on your actual roof.
Enter your postcode on the right to start. We'll analyse your roof from satellite imagery and show you what a typical install could save you each year.
Satellite roof analysis
We map your roof and sun exposure for your property.
Personalised savings estimate
See estimated annual savings, costs, and payback period.
System & battery sizing
Panel count and battery options matched to your energy use.
No cold calls · MCS certified local installers · Free site survey if you proceed
A straightforward run-through of what happens from first enquiry to switch-on. Projects are typically completed within four weeks of your first enquiry, with the installation itself normally taking 1–3 days.
Week 1
Free site survey
Week 1–2
Design + itemised quote
Week 2–4
DNO + paperwork handled
Week 3–5
Installation on-site
Week 4–6
Switch-on + monitoring
Step 1 · 45–60 min
We assess roof space, shading, access and your usage, then confirm a system size that fits.
Step 2 · 2–5 days
You get a clear layout, expected generation, and a fixed, itemised quote so there are no surprises.
Step 3 · 1–3 weeks
We handle the DNO application and certification paperwork while we schedule the install.
Step 4 · 1–3 days
Our team installs and commissions the system with minimal disruption and a tidy finish.
Step 5 · Same day
We set up monitoring so you can see production from day one, and help you understand what “good” looks like.
Verified Google reviews from homeowners we've helped across East Sussex.
Lee was knowledgeable, not too techy and answered all our questions honestly. The team were large - I had 5 vans on the drive the first day putting up 21 panels with their batteries. Smooth, seamless, considerate, jolly, sincere are the words I'd use to describe them. Lee is extremely responsive to messages- we had some notifications about the charge levels and he modified the settings whilst on hols!
Mark YPdisco
Google review
The people putting in the hardware were excellent. The administrative war with Brittish Gas who had captured and lost my MPAN went on for ever. Lee cheerfully battled on. He refused the part payment I offerd until the matter was fully resolved. I would recommend the company to anyone thinking of putting in battery storage and wanting someone proffessional to deal with the paperwork!
Paul Coleshill
Eastbourne (BN24)
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Thank you for everything that you and your team did with the installation new system. Every stage of the process went smoothly. Really appreciated the knowledgeable, informative, low key, no pressure approach that worked for us. We could not be more pleased with the result, most especially the neatness of the wiring and final equipment insulation. It is an investment and the system you installed cost less than I had initially anticipated it would be. We have already seen a saving on the amount of power that we are drawing from the grid, even on cloudy and overcast days. Overall we have found Eastbourne Energy most knowledgeable and professional in every way.
Peter Lambert-Gorwyn
Eastbourne (BN24)
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The same questions we mark up for Google, shown here for homeowners comparing solar installers in Battle
We keep chasing until it is done. One Battle customer's supplier lost his MPAN, which is the number that identifies his electricity supply. He wrote that we cheerfully battled on and refused his part payment until it was fully resolved. Your panels still make power while that is sorted out. So a delay affects export payments, not the electricity you use yourself.
It is one of the first things we check. Plots around Battle often need a longer scaffold run, a different place to pitch it, or a delivery plan for a narrow lane. We work that out at the survey, not on the morning of the install.
Output drops on a heavy grey day, but it does not stop. One Battle customer wrote that he had already seen a saving even on cloudy and overcast days. We work out a full year at the survey, winter included. So the figure in your quote is not a summer figure spread over twelve months.
Yes. Our project records show 15+ completed installations in and around Battle. We cover Battle from our base in Eastbourne, across TN33, including Telham, Whatlington, Netherfield. We have not published a Battle case study yet — the projects we publish are the ones customers have agreed we can show — so ask at survey and we will talk you through comparable systems nearby.
Rother District Council is the local planning authority for Battle. Most domestic rooftop solar is permitted development, so an application is often not needed at all; listed buildings, conservation areas and some flats need extra checks. We confirm which applies during the survey and handle any Rother District Council submission on your behalf.
A typical 4kW install in Battle costs £6,000–£8,000. Final price depends on roof layout, system size, and whether you add a battery. We provide a fixed, itemised quote after a survey so you know exactly what's included.
Most domestic rooftop solar in Battle falls under permitted development, so planning permission is often not needed. Listed buildings, conservation areas and some flats can need extra checks. We confirm the position during the survey and handle any Rother District Council submission on your behalf.
The on-roof work is usually 1–3 days. From survey to switch-on, most projects take around ~4 weeks, depending on scaffolding and DNO approval. We manage the paperwork and get monitoring set up so you can track performance straight away.
We also serve these nearby East Sussex towns with the same MCS-certified solar panel installation services.
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14+ towns covered across East Sussex
Part of our wider solar panels East Sussex coverage, with county-level pricing and area guidance.
Helpful guides for Battle homeowners
Maximise your solar savings with the right export tariff.
Read articleRoof pitch and orientation, and what they mean for output.
Read articleKeeping a system generating well after switch-on.
Read articleFrom the knowledge base
Reference guides our installers wrote, if you want the detail.
Permitted development depends on the building and its setting, so treat the town notes as a starting point, not a decision. Each council section on this page lists its own sources.
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