Solar Support and Planning Rules
The Solar Support and Planning Rules carries 2 published figures read from 1 source's own page, from 5 to 60 percent, read 17 October 2026.
2 of the 7 named sources read in full publish a figure; 5 publish none, read 17 October 2026.
By instrument
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| instrumentVAT reduced rate on energy-saving materials | 5% | 5 to 5% | 1 |
| instrumentVAT 60% test | 60% | 60 to 60% | 1 |
| instrumentGPDO Part 14 site display notice | 21day | 21 to 21day | 1 |
| instrumentGPDO Part 14 prior approval period | 56day | 56 to 56day | 1 |
| instrumentGPDO Part 14 prior approval completion period | 3year | 3 to 3year | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| HMRC internal manual VENSAV3210, energy-saving materials | 60% | VAT 60% test | 2026-10-17 |
| Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, Schedule 2 Part 14 | 56day | GPDO Part 14 prior approval period | 2026-10-17 |
| Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, Schedule 2 Part 14 | 21day | GPDO Part 14 site display notice | 2026-10-17 |
| HMRC internal manual VENSAV3210, energy-saving materials | 5% | VAT reduced rate on energy-saving materials | 2026-10-17 |
| Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, Schedule 2 Part 14 | 3year | GPDO Part 14 prior approval completion period | 2026-10-17 |
The sentence each figure was read from (5)
- HMRC internal manual VENSAV3210, energy-saving materials, read 2026-10-17:
Therefore, there is a single supply of the installation of energy-saving materials which qualifies for relief either at the reduced rate (subject to the 60% test) or at the zero rate
- Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, Schedule 2 Part 14, read 2026-10-17:
the expiry of 56 days following the date on which the application under sub-paragraph (3) was received by the local planning authority without the authority notifying the applicant as to whether prior approval is given or refused.
- Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, Schedule 2 Part 14, read 2026-10-17:
by site display in at least one place on or near the land to which the application relates for not less than 21 days of a notice which—
- HMRC internal manual VENSAV3210, energy-saving materials, read 2026-10-17:
Outcome 1: single supply of energy-saving materials eligible for relief (whether supplied at the reduced rate of 5% or temporary zero rate in Great Britain between 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2027).
- Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, Schedule 2 Part 14, read 2026-10-17:
(5) Development must be completed within a period of 3 years starting with the date on which—
Read in full, publishes no figure
5 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- Ofgem, Smart Export Guarantee (SEG), read 2026-09-18: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Ofgem, SEG electricity suppliers, read 2026-09-18: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- GOV.UK, Solar photovoltaics deployment (statistics), read 2026-10-10: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- MCS Data Dashboard, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- MCS Standards and Tools Library, read 2026-10-03: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
2 of the 7 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 5 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 2 figures, never sentences; 5 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per support instrument per jurisdiction: the Smart Export Guarantee (who must offer it, the rate each licensee publishes, and the rule that it must be above zero), the VAT treatment (zero-rated for residential energy-saving materials to 31 March 2027 then 5%, and - the fact a commercial buyer needs and almost no consumer page states - 20% on a commercial installation), capital allowances and the annual investment allowance, business rates, and the permitted-development boundary for non-domestic solar under GPDO Part 14 Class J with the conditions and the prior-approval period; the derived figure is the WHOLE SUPPORT STACK for a named installation - what it earns, what it saves in tax, and whether it needs permission - which no single authority publishes because it lives in four of them
5 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (7)
- Ofgem, Smart Export Guarantee (SEG)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Ofgem, SEG electricity suppliers(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HMRC internal manual VENSAV3210, energy-saving materials(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, Schedule 2 Part 14(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GOV.UK, Solar photovoltaics deployment (statistics)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- MCS Data Dashboard(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- MCS Standards and Tools Library(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The Solar Support and Planning Rules carries 2 published figures read from 1 source's own page, from 5 to 60 percent, read 17 October 2026.
2 of the 7 named sources read in full publish a figure; 5 publish none, read 17 October 2026.
Solar Support and Planning Rules, instrument VAT reduced rate on energy-saving materials: median 5 percent across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
Solar Support and Planning Rules, instrument VAT 60% test: median 60 percent across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
Solar Support and Planning Rules, instrument GPDO Part 14 site display notice: median 21 day across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
Solar Support and Planning Rules, instrument GPDO Part 14 prior approval period: median 56 day across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
Solar Support and Planning Rules, instrument GPDO Part 14 prior approval completion period: median 3 year across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
Cite as: "Roofing Quotes UK Solar Support and Planning Rules", updated 2026-10-19, https://roofingquotesuk.com/datasets/solar-support-and-planning-rules/.
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