Lease Your Land for Solar: Does It Pass an Initial Site Screen?
Check the nearest mapped 33kV+ substation and published DNO headroom where available. This is a preliminary proximity screen, not a live grid-capacity check or valuation.
Land & Grid Proximity Checker
Approximate is fine. Sites under 10 acres receive a preliminary battery-storage (BESS) proximity screen rather than a solar-farm assessment.
Free preliminary screen using published network and location data. This is not a live DNO capacity check.
How much do solar farms pay per acre?
2026 UK lease rates, how RPI indexation compounds, worked income examples for 5, 25 and 100 acre sites, and the grid connection check that decides if any of it applies to your land.
Illustrative Solar Range
The checker applies an illustrative annual per-acre range. It is not a valuation, market quote or promise of an offer.
Mapped Grid Proximity
See the straight-line distance to the nearest mapped 33kV+ substation. Proximity alone does not establish capacity, route or connection cost.
No Obligation Search
The first-stage screen is free. You decide whether to continue if a relevant developer wants to investigate the site.
What the Lease Illustration Does — and Does Not — Tell You
The lease illustration multiplies the acreage you enter by a broad annual solar-rate range. It is shown separately from the grid proximity screen and does not adjust the rent for your site's constraints.
Illustrative lease range
- • Uses the acreage entered
- • Applies £850-£1,200 per acre per year
- • Does not predict a developer's offer
- • Does not assume indexation unless a contract provides it
Separate proximity screen
- • Finds the nearest mapped 33kV+ substation
- • Shows straight-line distance and voltage
- • Shows published DNO headroom where available
- • Does not confirm live capacity, route or cost
Actual rent depends on the full commercial and technical package. For published market sources, worked examples from a 1 acre solar farm up to 100 acres, and the effect of negotiated indexation, see our Solar Farm Income & Profit Per Acre UK guide.
How SolarGridCheck Works
- Locate Infrastructure: We cross-reference your postcode with NESO (National Energy System Operator) and DNO datasets.
- Screen Proximity: We calculate straight-line distance to the nearest mapped 33kV+ substation and display published headroom where available. Only the network operator and detailed studies can establish a connection route, capacity and cost.
- Consider an Introduction: If the enquiry appears to fit a developer's current requirements, we may make an introduction. The developer must then carry out its own grid, planning, environmental, title and commercial checks.
Illustrative Checker Inputs
*Broad illustrations only, not live quotes or offers. BESS rent is not reliably valued with a simple per-acre calculation.
What if my land isn't right for solar?
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