Planr for Solar & EV

Find solar and EV projects while they're still being planned

Solar installations, EV charging facilities and energy-conscious developments are being planned in your area. Planr helps you spot relevant planning applications and introduce your business while the project is still taking shape.

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How Planr works

Plan. Filter. Connect.

Turn public planning information into relevant local opportunities without spending hours searching council websites.

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Plan

New planning applications are published by councils every week. Planr monitors supported council portals and brings new planning applications together for you.

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Filter

Planr analyses the applications and scores how relevant they appear to your trade, helping you cut through the noise.

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Connect

Choose the projects you want to approach and create personalised outreach using the information Planr has found.

Find solar and EV projects while they’re still being planned

Solar installations, EV charging facilities and energy-conscious developments are being planned in your area. Planr helps you spot relevant planning applications and introduce your business while the project is still taking shape.

Someone nearby could already be planning their next energy upgrade

Imagine a property owner applying to install solar panels on a listed building. Or a business proposing new EV charging facilities at its premises.

These applications can provide useful information about upcoming installation projects, but finding them means regularly checking council planning portals.

And that’s not always straightforward. Solar and EV applications can be mixed in with hundreds of unrelated building proposals, while larger developments may mention renewable energy features within their supporting documents.

Planr searches the planning records and helps bring potentially relevant projects to your attention.

What Planr looks for for solar and EV installers

Planr identifies planning applications that may create opportunities for renewable energy and EV installation businesses, including:

  • Solar panel installations: Applications explicitly proposing rooftop or ground-mounted solar systems.

  • Commercial solar projects: Potential installations on offices, warehouses and other business premises.

  • EV charging facilities: Applications involving new charging points or associated infrastructure.

  • Combined solar and EV projects: Developments proposing more than one renewable energy or charging feature.

  • New residential developments: Projects that may include solar panels or EV charging provision.

  • Listed building alterations: Applications involving specialist solar installations where consent is required.

Many domestic solar panel and EV charger installations fall under permitted development and won’t appear on planning portals. A planning application also doesn’t confirm that an installer is still being sought.

Planr helps you find the projects visible in planning records, then you decide which ones suit your business.

Introduce your services with the proposed project in mind

Once you’ve found an application that interests you, Planr helps you create a personalised letter introducing your business.

Your letter can reference the proposed solar installation, charging facility or development rather than arriving as a generic advert.

On Growth and Pro, Planr can also learn about your business from your website, helping your letters reflect the services you actually offer, whether that’s domestic solar, commercial installations, battery storage or EV charging.

Download the letter to print and post yourself, or choose Planr’s Print & Post service for £2.50 per letter.

Nothing gets posted without your approval.

Discover potential installations beyond incoming enquiries

Recommendations and website enquiries are valuable, but they won’t necessarily show you every relevant project being planned locally.

Planr gives you another way to discover potential solar and EV installation opportunities across your chosen council areas.

Review the applications, choose the projects that match your services and make a professional introduction while the plans are still being considered.

You decide which opportunities are worth pursuing.

New potential opportunities are being identified all the time

Across the areas and trades monitored by Planr, the system continually identifies relevant projects as new planning applications are published.

Older opportunities drop out of the main dashboard after six weeks so the projects you see stay focused on what is current.

New ones are added as fresh applications are found.

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