Cheshire
Solar panels in Gatley, sized to your roof.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 5,740 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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What a roof in Gatley can generate
From 27.6 kWh per kWp in January to 115.9 in May: a roof in Gatley makes 4.2 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 902 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 27.6 |
| February | 47.1 |
| March | 79.7 |
| April | 105 |
| May | 116 |
| June | 111 |
| July | 111 |
| August | 99 |
| September | 82.6 |
| October | 56.5 |
| November | 38.4 |
| December | 28.5 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 902 kWh per kWp in Gatley against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Gatley 2% below it.
How Gatley compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Gatley. It is one of 45 Cheshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 30th of 45 for solar yield, a town of 9,466 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 902 kWh per kWp a year, 2.47 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £823 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £576 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Gatley's own PVGIS figure; change the panels, the battery or the export rate and it reruns. The design call replaces every assumption with your roof and your bills.
Gatley sits within Stockport, 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Gatley (53.38799, -2.23328), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Connecting solar to the Gatley network
Gatley sits in Electricity North West's North West England licence area, so Electricity North West is the network operator (DNO) any solar panels or battery here are registered with.
Below 3.68kW per phase of inverter and battery output, the G98 route applies: the installation is notified to Electricity North West within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for first. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds Electricity North West as it does every network operator.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); Ofgem, Distributed Generation Standards Direction guidance, checked 27 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Gatley
A heat pump in Gatley
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Gatley's roofs make 900 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 2,780 kWh from May to August. The heating season leans on the grid, so off-peak rates do the heavy lifting.
Grant support in England comes from the Boiler Upgrade Scheme: £7,500 for an air source or ground source heat pump, £2,500 for air-to-air, and an extra £1,500 until March 2027 where the home is heated by oil or LPG off the gas grid (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Gatley
A 12-panel roof in Gatley makes about 740 kWh in May. A typical home uses around 70 kWh of that in daylight (the calculator's typical-use settings), which leaves most of the month's output for an EV or for export.
The calculator above includes a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed. Renters and flat owners with off-street parking can claim 75% of a chargepoint's cost, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
What the named kit costs, installed
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Gatley
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Gatley: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Common questions about solar in Gatley
What could a roof in Gatley generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Gatley at 902 kWh per kWp a year, 2.47 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 5,740 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Gatley?
£6,360 for 12 panels (6.36 kWp), the same as in every other place we cover, because solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed rather than by area. A battery adds its own installed price on top. Where Gatley differs is output: about 5,740 kWh a year from that system.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Gatley?
Usually not in advance. Electricity North West, the network operator for Gatley, only needs a G98 notification within 28 days of commissioning for systems up to 3.68kW per phase. Bigger inverter or battery outputs need G99 approval first. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds Electricity North West as it does every network operator. "See our DNO explainer.
How much would export pay on a system in Gatley?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 4,800 kWh of the 5,740 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Gatley goes to the grid, around £576 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Do solar panels work in winter in Gatley?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Gatley 28.5 kWh per kWp in December and 27.6 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 180 kWh and 180 kWh in those months, against 740 kWh in May. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Gatley compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Gatley |
|---|---|---|
| Gatley | 902 | this town |
| Cheadle (Stockport) | 903 | +1 kWh |
| Wythenshawe | 912 | +10 kWh |
| Cheadle Hulme | 897 | −5 kWh |
| Stockport | 882 | −20 kWh |
| Bramhall | 897 | −5 kWh |
| Hale | 921 | +19 kWh |
Each row is a PVGIS v5.2 run at that town's centre with the same settings. Treat gaps of a few kWh as noise and gaps over about 30 kWh per kWp as real differences in sunshine.
Also for Gatley: Solar panels in Gatley from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Gatley
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