Land rental
Land requirements
- Space – ideally there will be at least 100 acres available for development
- Sunlight – ideal sites are southerly, flat and free of shadows
- Grid connection – ideally within sight of a power line, an electrical sub-station or a major power consumer (office or factory)
- Road access – for construction and maintenance
- Appropriate – not in environmentally sensitive areas / areas of archaeological significance / areas of significant landscape value
Simply send us your contact details and the location of the land you wish to have evaluated and we will provide an indicative quote within 24 hours.
Premium rent
Solar farms are major investments earning substantial revenues, so they can and should pay premium rents over agricultural values to landowners. Solafields can provide indicative rental prices within 24 hours of receiving an enquiry, with premium rental values for good sites, indexed to inflation.
Act now!
Solafields can give you an overview of your land’s development potential for a solar farm within 24 hours and our in-house grid experts enable us to assess grid opportunities and constraints in record time.
No obligation, no cost
Solafields will fund and undertake all initial surveys with no obligation on the landowner. If the initial feasibility studies for the solar farm are positive then we will fund your land agent and legal fees for the process of drawing up a suitable lease for the land. Throughout the process there should be no cost to the landowner, just rapid progress towards the development of the solar farm and the resulting high rents that the farm will pay.
Timescales
The most time-consuming and risky aspect of a solar farm development is securing planning permission. It usually takes a number of months to design the scheme, meet the planners, consult locally, amend the design depending on the feedback given, and finally secure planning permission. Once approved, construction can be completed within 3-4 months.
