Who permits the work
The Town of Leesburg issues its own permits inside town limits, separate from Loudoun County, and the Old and Historic District adds design review for exterior work downtown. Outside town, it is a county permit.
For a rooftop array that generally means two permits rather than one: a building permit for anything fastened to the roof
structure, and a separate electrical permit for everything downstream of it, pulled by the licensed electrician on the job. We
sequence both and pull the building permit under our licence — you file nothing yourself.
What Leesburg homes are actually built like
Leesburg pairs a genuinely historic downtown with large newer subdivisions on the edges. Those are two different projects under one town name: in the historic core, assume nothing about the structure until it is open; in the newer neighborhoods, expect HOA review instead.
For solar that matters in two specific places: the age and condition of the roof covering, which decides whether the array
goes on now or after a replacement, and the capacity of the electrical service, which a licensed electrician confirms before
anything is designed.
What we will not tell you about your Leesburg project
No production figure, no payback year, no incentive percentage and no equipment warranty term. Those depend on your roof,
your bills, your tax position and programmes that change — and a number published before anyone has measured your roof is
a guess. Your specialist puts the real ones in writing after the free assessment, and tells you to confirm anything
tax-related with your own tax adviser.
Permit authority and code requirements are summarized for general guidance and can change; we confirm the current requirements for your specific parcel before work begins. Nothing on this page is tax advice.