Commercial solar installers in Bexhill-on-Sea

Key facts

Where businesses are in Bexhill-on-Sea

• Bexhill Enterprise Park: Sea Change Sussex's business park beside Combe Valley Way, with the 25,674 sq ft High Weald House offices completed in 2020, Glovers House, and 20 industrial units under development in October 2026. A 2021 planning appeal cleared an industrial scheme on the northern part that could support up to 500 jobs.
• Beeching Road Industrial Estate: An established industrial estate where Rother District Council bought the freehold of six industrial units (1,599 square metres) in 2018, now run with Flatland Projects as Beeching Road Studios, a creative hub for artists, makers and design businesses.

Large employers and sectors with sites here include:

• Holiday parks (Park Holidays UK): Park Holidays UK has its headquarters at Glovers House on Bexhill Enterprise Park, an office building of around 25,000 sq ft that it let in full on completion in December 2015.
• Arts and visitors (De La Warr Pavilion): The Grade I listed De La Warr Pavilion, opened in 1935, is an arts centre on the seafront that welcomed 420,000 visitors in 2019/20.

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

Bexhill-on-Sea is served by UK Power Networks (South Eastern Power Networks 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 Bexhill-on-Sea

Bexhill-on-Sea follows the national planning rules for England, decided by Rother 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:

• Bexhill has two conservation areas: Bexhill Town Centre, designated in 1992 and re-appraised in February 2004, and Bexhill Old Town, designated in October 1975, so roofs in either need more care.

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

What a business roof in Bexhill-on-Sea could generate

Modelled with PVGIS for the town centre, a south-facing roof at 30 degrees produces about 1,141 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 Bexhill-on-Sea 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 Rother

At the end of 2025, Rother had 3,215 solar PV installations with 21.0 MW of capacity, up 83% since 2020, according to government figures. The Rother page has the full local figures and how they compare.

Nearby towns

• Hailsham, about 9 miles away
• Seaford, about 17 miles away
• Tonbridge, about 26 miles away
• Ashford, about 27 miles away

Sources

• ons.gov.uk: census2021
• ons.gov.uk: datadownload.xlsx
• seachangesussex.co.uk: bexhill
• seachangesussex.co.uk: we welcome proposals for bexhill enterprise park
• rother.gov.uk
• dlwp.com: about us
• gov.uk: enterprise zones
• gov.uk: investment zones in england
• rother.gov.uk: data
• 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.