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Independent guidance on solar and battery storage for Bishop's Cleeve homes in Gloucestershire: a free remote design call first, then an MCS-certified installation team for your area if you decide to go ahead. PVGIS puts a roof in Bishop's Cleeve at 987 kWh per kWp a year, 1% below our Gloucestershire county estimate.
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What a roof in Bishop's Cleeve can generate
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How Bishop's Cleeve compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Bishop's Cleeve. It is one of 24 Gloucestershire towns we track, and it ranks 22nd of 24 for solar yield, a town of 16,677 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 987 kWh per kWp a year, 2.70 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £888 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £641 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, defaulted to Bishop's Cleeve's own yield, and at Bishop's Cleeve's 987 kWh per kWp it prices a 12 panel system at £6,360 installed before any battery. Your free design call reworks every number for your actual roof, its shading and your usage.
Bishop's Cleeve sits within Tewkesbury, its local planning authority, and the House of Commons Library classes it as a small town.
The charger is in the installed price but left out of payback: charging savings depend on your mileage and tariff, which the design call models properly.
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A 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Bishop's Cleeve generates around 6,277 kWh a year, worth around £887 in year one on the 12p export scenario.
Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Bishop's Cleeve's own coordinates (51.94575, -2.05914), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate, with the full methodology, sourcing and assumptions set out on our help page.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Bishop's Cleeve
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Bishop's Cleeve: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Common questions about solar in Bishop's Cleeve
What could a roof in Bishop's Cleeve generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Bishop's Cleeve at 987 kWh per kWp a year, 2.70 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons.
What does a typical solar system cost in Bishop's Cleeve?
A typical 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Bishop's Cleeve costs around £6,360 installed, at £1,000 per kWp before any battery.
Would a system in Bishop's Cleeve need a G99 application?
Most home solar and battery systems qualify for the simpler G98 notification, made to the network operator (DNO) after installation rather than before. A minority, usually larger systems, need the fuller G99 process instead. Your design call checks which applies in Bishop's Cleeve before anything is booked; our G98 vs G99 guide explains the difference in full.
What could I earn from exporting in Bishop's Cleeve?
On the 12p export scenario, that 12 panel system sends about 5,341 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £641. The tariff guide compares the export rates that could apply to your setup.
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Reading for Bishop's Cleeve homeowners
Independent, sourced and dated. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Do you need planning permission for solar panels? Usually not
Usually not, provided the installation stays within the limits updated on 27 August 2026.
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What charging at 8p and using at 26.11p is actually worth over a year.
Read the guide →Three phase and EV charging: what actually changes
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Read the guide →Heat pump running costs versus a gas boiler, assumptions shown
Four numbers decide it: seasonal efficiency, flow temperature, tariff and heat demand.
Read the guide →EV tariffs compared: the cheapest overnight windows
Overnight rates of 6.99p to 9p against a 26.11p capped average, compared.
Read the guide →NAPIT, NICEIC and competent person schemes: who tells building control about your solar
Solar work is notifiable. A competent person scheme means your installation team notifies, not you.
Read the guide →How Bishop's Cleeve compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp | Peak sun hours | vs Bishop's Cleeve |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop's Cleeve | 987 | 2.70 | — |
| Cheltenham | 991 | 2.72 | +4 kWh |
| Tewkesbury | 994 | 2.72 | +7 kWh |
| Innsworth | 983 | 2.69 | -4 kWh |
| Brockworth | 990 | 2.71 | +3 kWh |
| Gloucester | 980 | 2.69 | -7 kWh |
| Evesham | 991 | 2.72 | +4 kWh |
PVGIS v5.2 for each town centroid, identical assumptions throughout. A few kWh either way is weather-year noise; a spread beyond about 30 kWh per kWp is real geography.
Also for Bishop's Cleeve: Solar panels in Bishop's Cleeve from OVO Solar & Battery