Written down in advance so that adding somebody later is an act of checking rather than an act of judgement.
| Check | What we ask for | What fails it |
|---|---|---|
| Existence | A company number or a verifiable trading address, and a phone number somebody answers | A mobile number and a web form, with no trace of the business anywhere else |
| Knowledge | A conversation about what changed on 27 August 2026 and what the permitted development conditions now exclude | Telling a customer a timber balcony is covered |
| Qualification | What they are registered to do and with which body, matched to what we would list them for | Offering to fit an outdoor socket or change a protective device without the registration to do it |
| Devices | For retailers, which of the products they sell appear on the ENA Type Test Register | Not knowing what the register is |
| Currency | Willingness to be re-checked, and a date on the entry | Nothing at the point of listing. Entries lapse rather than fail |
It looks like the soft one. It is the one most likely to be failed.
The permitted development right covering solar equipment was rewritten on 27 August 2026, the same day the product became lawful, and it now excludes plug-in solar on wooden walls, balconies and timber cladding. Almost the entire retail market calls these devices balcony kits.
A trade that has not caught up with that will cheerfully quote for a job that needs a planning application behind it. The customer finds out afterwards. That is precisely the outcome a directory exists to prevent, so we ask.
An email saying which check was not met and what would close it. Nobody is publicly named as having failed, and anybody can come back once the gap is filled.
| It is not | Because |
|---|---|
| A recommendation of workmanship | We have not stood in anybody's loft. We can verify credentials and knowledge, not craft |
| A guarantee | Nothing here creates a contract between you and a listed trade |
| An accreditation | We are not a scheme and we do not award anything. We publish what we checked and when |
| Paid for | No fee is taken, so a listing cannot be bought and its absence cannot be bought either |