Commercial solar installers in Ludlow

Key facts

Where businesses are in Ludlow

• Ludlow Business Park: The town's main established business park off Parys Road, Lingen Road and Coder Road, named in Shropshire Council's local economic growth strategy among Ludlow's employment sites. Hydraulics firm Flowfit runs a 47,000 sq ft warehouse and manufacturing site on a 2 acre plot there.
• Ludlow Eco Park: A Shropshire Council owned business park off Sheet Road near the A49; in 2011 the council named Premier Medical among its businesses and said it had a Rural Enterprise Centre with serviced offices and workshops for start ups.
• Land south of Sheet Road: A 3.55 hectare site at The Sheet allocated for employment development in Shropshire Council's land availability assessment, alongside 2.5 hectares east of the Eco Park.

Large employers and sectors with sites here include:

• Agricultural and verge mowing machinery (McConnel): McConnel, part of Alamo Group, is headquartered at Temeside Works in Ludlow and makes reach arm, rotary and flail mowers; it moved its whole operation to Temeside in 1950.
• Hydraulics (Flowfit): Flowfit's 2025 brochure says the company runs a 47,000 sq ft warehouse and manufacturing facility on a 2 acre site in Ludlow and, with its associated companies, employs 45 people.

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

Ludlow is served by National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands 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 Ludlow

Ludlow follows the national planning rules for England, decided by Shropshire 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:

• Shropshire Council's growth strategy notes Ludlow's medieval castle, town walls (scheduled ancient monuments) and a high number of listed buildings. The Ludlow conservation area, designated in 1970, covers about 134 hectares and holds 426 listed buildings, so roofs in the old town need careful handling.

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

What a business roof in Ludlow could generate

Modelled with PVGIS for the town centre, a south-facing roof at 30 degrees produces about 969 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 Ludlow 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 Shropshire

At the end of 2025, Shropshire had 13,563 solar PV installations with 317.0 MW of capacity, up 46% since 2020, according to government figures. The Shropshire page has the full local figures and how they compare.

Nearby towns

• Leominster, about 10 miles away
• Bridgnorth, about 17 miles away
• Kidderminster, about 20 miles away
• Hereford, about 22 miles away

Sources

• ons.gov.uk: census2021
• ons.gov.uk: datadownload.xlsx
• shropshire.gov.uk: economic growth strategy local draft ludlow ev04502
• shropshire.gov.uk: green infrastructure strategy principal centre ludlow ev05223
• shropshire.gov.uk: slaa 2018 appendix e accepted employment sites delivery
• flowfitonline.com: flowfit corporate brochure 2025 web
• newsroom.shropshire.gov.uk: company unveils plans for new ludlow headquarters
• alamo-group.com: mcconnel
• mcconnel.com: company history
• gov.uk: enterprise zones
• gov.uk: maps of uk freeports
• assets.publishing.service.gov.uk: Investment Zones Pack Dec 2025
• heritagecheck.co.uk: ludlow
• 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.