Agriculture & land, by region
Regional guides for farm and land solar
Farm type, land character and rural grid capacity all vary by region — so the right approach to solar does too. Six regional guides, each grounded in the land use and grid reality of that part of the UK.
South West England
Dairy and livestock country — solar income alongside the herd, not instead of it.
Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset — dairy and livestock farms with the UK's highest solar irradiance, smaller fields, and a fast-growing interest in agrivoltaic grazing.
View region →East of England
Arable country — East Anglia's flat farmland is the UK's best fit for ground-mount.
Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire — large, flat arable blocks that suit ground-mount and agrivoltaic solar better than almost anywhere else in the UK.
View region →Yorkshire & the Humber
Mixed arable and livestock, with a major industrial cluster on the doorstep.
North, East, South and West Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire — mixed farming from Wolds arable to Dales livestock, alongside the Humber's heavy industry and ports.
View region →Midlands
Mixed farming next door to the UK's biggest logistics corridor.
Shropshire and Herefordshire orchards to Lincolnshire and Leicestershire arable — mixed farming alongside the 'Golden Triangle' logistics and warehousing corridor.
View region →Wales
Livestock and upland farming, with a distinct land-classification test for solar.
Predominantly hill and livestock farming across Wales, where Welsh Government policy treats best-and-most-versatile land as a protected resource separate from England's approach.
View region →Scotland
Larger estates, and a genuinely separate planning and consenting regime.
From sheep and hill farms to substantial rural estates diversifying into renewables — under Scotland's own planning system, distinct from England and Wales.
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These six guides cover the farm types and grid conditions we see most often — but the advisory approach is the same wherever your land sits. Tell us about your site and we'll take it from there.