Solar PV Installation
Rooftop or ground-mounted solar photovoltaic systems. 230 UK councils have discussed solar pv installation in monitored meetings — track who, where and how the conversation is moving.
What councils are saying about solar pv installation
Solar PV Installation is one of the procurement themes QuorumInsight tracks across UK local government, detected in 3,826 meeting mentions spanning 230 councils. Every mention comes from an analysed council meeting — a cabinet decision, a committee discussion or a budget report — so this is a picture of what councils are actually planning and debating, not a directory of published tenders.
Discussion has cooled quarter-on-quarter: there were 147 mentions in the last three months, against 327 in the three months before. For suppliers, that matters because activity in a council meeting typically precedes any formal procurement by months. Reading it early is the difference between shaping a requirement and responding to one.
Mentions over the last 12 months
Monthly solar pv installation mentions across all monitored UK councils, by meeting date. The current month is excluded while it is still in progress.
Most active councils
Dundee City Council or similar (DPEA is a Scottish government planning body) in Scotland is the most active authority on solar pv installation, with 111 mentions across 111 monitored meetings — around 3% of all solar pv installation discussion QuorumInsight has tracked. The council returned to the subject as recently as its “Loch Liath Wind Farm Section 36 Decision” meeting on 19 Nov 2025.
Waverley Borough Council (89 mentions) and Leeds City Council (85) are also notably active. The full list of leading councils is below — each links to its live intelligence profile.
| Council | Region | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Dundee City Council or similar (DPEA is a Scottish government planning body) | Scotland | 111 |
| Waverley Borough Council | South East | 89 |
| Leeds City Council | Yorkshire and the Humber | 85 |
| Wokingham Borough Council | South East | 71 |
| Southwark London Borough Council | London | 70 |
| Vale of Glamorgan Council | Wales | 70 |
| Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council | South East | 68 |
| City of York Council | Yorkshire and the Humber | 68 |
| Flintshire County Council | Wales | 66 |
| Winchester City Council | South East | 64 |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council | East of England | 61 |
| South Hams and West Devon Councils | South West | 60 |
In councils’ own words
Recent meetings where solar pv installation came up, with the relevant passage from the discussion. Each meeting links to the council’s intelligence profile.
Hammersmith & Fulham London Borough Council · Climate and Travel Workplan · 30 Jun 2026
“… gy bills, pay your energy bills if you're struggling to, um, replace your gas boiler with a heat pump if that's what you're interested in, install solar PV if that's what you're interested in, and there's a range of subservices under that to help you find installers.”
Somerset Council · Key Worker Homes and Cycleway · 23 Jun 2026
“on the roof there's um solar panels and airsource heat pumps to help ensure that the um building is energy efficient. So that's the plan with the um red line on it and effectively um it includes uh the immediate building immediate area sorry around the building”
Moray Council · Housing Investment & Policy · 18 Jun 2026
“There was a problem that has arose from the solar. I had a word with Mr Rollo just about three weeks ago on this. He agreed with me. It is a problem. What we've actually done is enhanced the nesti …”
Buckinghamshire Council · Solar Farm and Green Park · 17 Jun 2026
“So this is a slide showing the proposed layout of the solar panels and it's noted that there's no panels proposed to be located in the area here to the north western part of the site to avoid that direct re …”
Kent County Council · School Classroom Block · 17 Jun 2026
“… to the environmental value and the sustainable nature of this proposed development. Having read 33 pages, I was looking for a reference to rooftop solar, air source heat pumps and SUDS. I didn't see any. Please can you tell me if if these are all embedded in the design and if not, why not? There is …”
Sevenoaks District Council · Leisure, Waste & Growth · 16 Jun 2026
“Thank you, Chairman. I'd just like to reiterate that the changes were necessitated by regulatory changes that restricted the export capacity of solar farm developers. These changes are coded p four four one and p four four two, which allows suppliers to deliver energy to different locations thro …”
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