Commercial solar installers in Aldershot

Key facts

Where businesses are in Aldershot

• East Aldershot Industrial Cluster: A 26.3 hectare industrial area between North Lane and the A331 and River Blackwater, made up of warehouse parks including Pegasus Court, Brook Trading Estate and Blackwater Park. A 2016 survey for Rushmoor's employment land review found ongoing refurbishment of older stock there.
• Blackwater Trading Estate: A 7.6 hectare mixed-use estate reached from the A323, about 2.5 km from the town centre. The same 2016 survey described an older core of light industrial units used by small and medium businesses, with high occupancy.

Large employers and sectors with sites here include:

• Defence (Aldershot Garrison): Aldershot Garrison is home to the headquarters of the Army's Regional Command and Home Command and hosts around 70 military units and organisations, with a population of about 10,500.
• Aerospace, defence and technology: Rushmoor Borough Council's 2026 to 2028 delivery plan aims to develop Aldershot and Farnborough as hubs for defence, aerospace and technology, and to support the new Aldershot and Farnborough Growth Partnership.

Large, simple roofs on distribution sheds and modern industrial units are usually the quickest and cheapest to fit. Older mill, factory and workshop buildings can work well too, but often need a structural survey first, and roofs from before 2000 may contain asbestos cement: see asbestos roofs.

Grid connection

Aldershot is served by SSEN Distribution (Southern Electric Power Distribution licence area). Almost every commercial system needs G99 approval from the network operator before it is switched on, and the question is usually how much the local network can take back. Where export is limited, a G100 export limitation scheme can let a larger array connect. See G99 and DNO applications.

Planning in Aldershot

Aldershot follows the national planning rules for England, decided by Rushmoor council. Rooftop solar on most non-domestic buildings is permitted development, within height and edge limits, and systems above 50 kW need a prior approval application covering design and glare.

Points that come up locally:

• Rushmoor has nine conservation areas, including Aldershot Military and Aldershot West, and Article 4 directions remove some permitted development rights in some of them, so roof works in those areas may need planning permission.

Our guides on listed buildings and conservation areas explain what these mean for a solar project.

What a business roof in Aldershot could generate

Modelled with PVGIS for the town centre, a south-facing roof at 30 degrees produces about 1,016 kWh per kWp a year.

Illustrative, not a quote: the same sums as our commercial solar calculator. A company paying corporation tax can usually shorten the payback with capital allowances.

Funding and support

We found no council or regional grant for business solar open in Aldershot at the time of writing (November 2026). National reliefs still apply, such as capital allowances and, in England, the business rates exemption for onsite renewables: see grants and reliefs in England.

Solar across Rushmoor

At the end of 2025, Rushmoor had 1,998 solar PV installations with 10.3 MW of capacity, up 240% since 2020, according to government figures. The Rushmoor page has the full local figures and how they compare.

Nearby towns

• Farnborough, about 2 miles away
• Bracknell, about 11 miles away
• Basingstoke, about 14 miles away
• Horsham, about 23 miles away

Sources

• ons.gov.uk: census2021
• ons.gov.uk: datadownload.xlsx
• rushmoor.gov.uk: appendix 1 rushmoor site assessments
• en.wikipedia.org: Aldershot Garrison
• rushmoor.gov.uk: skills economy and regeneration
• rushmoor.gov.uk: conservationareas
• Yield: PVGIS 5.3 (European Commission Joint Research Centre), SARAH3 data, 14% system losses, for the town centre, modelled 4 November 2026.
• Council area figures: DESNZ, renewable electricity by local authority 2014 to 2025.