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19 pages, grouped the way the questions usually arrive: first the kind of home, then who decides, then what it makes and costs, then the steps before signing anything.

Railway-town homes

Listed railway cottagesBetley, Tollitt and Dorfold Streets: consent before panels.
Terraced housesChimneys, slate, party walls and scaffold on the pavement.
Semi-detached roofsHips, gables and splitting an array across two faces.
FlatsWho controls the roof, and the 2026 rules for blocks.
Homes by wardSix wards from Census 2021: tenure, building type, heating.

Renting and letting

LandlordsThe EPC C rule for rented homes and the grant share.
RentingHow a tenant asks, and what a tenant can do alone.
Electric heatingStorage heaters at night, panels by day.

Output and costs

OutputThe full PVGIS table and front-and-back roof pairs.
Export and self-useWhere the units go, month by month.
BatteriesWhen storage earns its place.
CostsGovernment price data and the extras a terrace brings.
Grants and schemesCheshire East’s grant, the group-buy, VAT and the SEG.

Before you sign

Planning rulesListing, Crewe Green, flats and stand-alone panels.
Choosing an installerRegisters, quotes and the paperwork to keep.
Grid connectionG98, G99 and finding your network operator.
Buying a home with solarCertificates, export contracts and consents.
Solar take-up locallyHow fast Cheshire East has added panels.
FAQsShort answers in one place.

Figures that run through these guides

40.2% and 42.4%: private renting in Crewe Central and Crewe South, against 15.5% for the borough. It is why renting and letting have a line of their own.
38.6%: flats in Crewe Central, where the roof usually belongs to someone else.
16.6%: Crewe Central homes heated by electricity alone, about three times the borough share.
73.7%: semis in Crewe North, the ward with the most owner-occupiers.
951 kWh: one kWp on a south roof at 35°, a year, from PVGIS. Every output page starts from it.
11,685: solar sites in Cheshire East at the end of 2025, homes and businesses together.

Ward and borough shares from Census 2021; output from PVGIS 5.3; solar sites from DESNZ.

Three ways in

You rent

Start with renting and solar, then pass the landlords page to whoever owns the home.

You own a terrace near the centre

Check the listing on railway cottages first, then read terraced houses and output.

You heat with electricity

Electric heating explains the day-and-night mismatch; batteries covers the usual answer.

Not sure where you fit? The route planner on the home page asks six questions and points you to the right stops. Who writes these pages is on about this guide.

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