Guildford’s centre, around the High Street and the castle, is a conservation area with many listed buildings. Rear slopes and discreet panels are the usual answer there. The streets around Stoke Road and the Charlotteville area are Victorian and Edwardian. Burpham, Merrow and Stoughton have plenty of 1930s semis with simple hipped roofs. Park Barn and Bellfields are mostly post-war houses, and Onslow Village is an early garden suburb. Guildford Borough Council handles planning.
The Surrey Hills National Landscape, once called an AONB, covers the downs to the south and east. Much of the borough is also green belt. Neither stops roof panels on an existing house, but both bring tighter rules on ground-mounted arrays and outbuildings. Guildford gets about 900 kWh per kWp a year inland (PVGIS). It is inside the area we cover and on the UK Power Networks system. The first survey is a video call, and site visits are grouped.