Win work from solar farm planning applications first

The full planning application for a new ground mounted solar farm is the big one. It sets out the site boundary, the array layout, the fencing, the access route, the inverter stations and the grid connection. For you it means a live scheme with a named developer, a design team in place and a construction package that has not yet been let.

Screening and scoping requests put you in before the application

Before a large scheme is submitted, the developer asks the council whether an environmental impact assessment is needed and what it must cover. These requests show you a project at its earliest point, when surveys are still to be commissioned and the specialist team is still being assembled.

Battery storage, substations and cable routes bring extra packages

Renewable energy schemes now pair panels with battery storage, new substations and underground cable routes to the grid. Each one is its own application and its own contract for electrical, civil and groundworks teams.

Variations and conditions tell you the build is close

Once permission is granted, developers apply to vary conditions, change panel layouts or extend operating life. They also submit details to discharge conditions on construction traffic, landscaping, drainage and ecology. These applications signal that the scheme is moving to site. That is your moment to confirm your price and secure your place on the programme.

Extensions and repowering keep existing sites working for you

Operational solar farms come back for extensions, panel replacement and new storage. You meet an owner who already knows how these projects run and needs contractors again.

EPC and principal contractors read a new application, research the developer and agent, and introduce their team before the tender list is drawn up. Getting in early puts your name on that list.

Civil, groundworks and piling firms land the site works

Access tracks, compounds, drainage, cable trenches and pile installation are the first trades on site. You price them from the layout plans in the application and put a figure in front of the developer while budgets are still being set.

Electrical and grid specialists secure the connection

HV contractors, substation builders and cabling firms track every scheme with a grid connection. The application shows you the export route and the substation location, so you approach with a proposal built for that site.

Manufacturers and suppliers get specified early

Panel, inverter, mounting system, fencing and security camera suppliers want their products named before procurement starts. You contact the designer while the specification is still open and get your product written in.

Consultants and designers win the reports

Ecologists, landscape architects, archaeologists and specialists in heritage, flood risk, glint and glare and transport are needed for the application and for every condition that follows. You offer your service the day the scheme appears and fill your diary with survey work.

Maintenance and land management firms win the long contract

Operations and maintenance teams, grounds contractors and grazing partners serve a solar farm for its whole operating life. You reach the owner before the site is commissioned and secure years of recurring work.

Leads emails you new planning applications that match your keywords the day councils publish them, in one email a day. Set keywords such as solar farm, photovoltaic, ground mounted solar or battery storage, and every matching scheme lands in your inbox ready to act on.

Every lead gives you what you need to make the call

Each lead carries the planning reference, site address, council, the description of the work, application type, key dates, decision status and a link to the council's own record. It also gives you the applicant, the agent firm and the business contact wherever the council publishes them. You know who to ring and what to say before you pick up the phone.

Cover the whole country or your own patch

Choose nationwide coverage or set up to 5 areas. Each area is a radius of up to 75 miles from a postcode or town, or a whole council. A contractor based in one region covers its home ground and its best markets. A supplier selling across the UK takes every scheme nationwide.

One price for the full toolkit

Leads costs £49 + VAT a month. It includes everything in Research: search, advanced filters and CSV export across 2.3 million planning applications. You go back through past schemes, filter by council or application type and load your targets straight into your own systems.

Free alerts for your own neighbourhood

Watching a scheme near your home or premises? Anyone gets free email alerts for planning applications near an address, postcode, town or council. Leads is built for businesses that want every solar scheme matching their work, with the contacts to win it.