Editorial Policy and Corrections

Our editorial standard is simple: a homeowner should be able to see what is known, what is assumed, what can change and who is responsible for the final decision.

Source hierarchy

We prefer primary sources: GOV.UK departments, Ofgem, Energy Saving Trust, MCS, electricity-network bodies, the Planning Portal, local planning authorities, standards organisations and original datasets. Supplier pages can support tariff or product facts, but not broad claims about the whole market.

How guides are produced

1. Define the reader’s decision and likely search intent.
2. Find current primary evidence and record its publication or update date.
3. Separate rules from estimates and national guidance from property-specific decisions.
4. Write in plain English with units, assumptions and limitations visible.
5. Add internal links only where they help the next decision.
6. Check titles, descriptions, structured data, citations and mobile rendering before publication.

Numbers and calculators

Costs, electricity prices, export rates and generation estimates are not universal facts. Calculators therefore expose their inputs and should be treated as scenarios, not forecasts. We avoid presenting one payback number without showing what drives it.

Commercial independence

Affiliate relationships are disclosed. A commercial partner does not approve our articles or receive a guaranteed positive conclusion. We do not sell ranking positions inside comparison content. Sponsored links are technically labelled so search engines and readers are not misled.

Corrections

Substantive corrections are made as soon as practical and update the page’s modified date. Small spelling or layout changes may not receive a note. If a change reverses an important conclusion, we add an explanation in the article rather than silently leaving the old claim in place.

Review frequency

Time-sensitive pages covering grants, VAT, SEG, regulation or live tariff assumptions receive priority review. Evergreen pages are checked when an authoritative source changes or when a related guide is materially revised. Editorial check dates describe a real review; they are not refreshed automatically merely to appear recent.

Use of automation

Automation may assist with crawling, broken-link checks, metadata QA and calculations. It does not replace checking the cited source, reviewing the public page or applying editorial judgement. We do not publish scraped or spun pages to manufacture search coverage.

Published correction and versioning example

The UK Solar Export Tariff Transparency Report 2026 demonstrates this policy in public. Version 1.0 recorded conflicting 12p and 15p wording on Good Energy pages and asked the supplier for clarification. Good Energy then confirmed 12p/kWh for new standard applications. We published version 1.1, updated the HTML finding and supplier guide, and kept the version 1.0 PDF available rather than silently replacing it.

The underlying numeric dataset did not need a new release because its recorded standard rate was already 12p. The report changed because the interpretation moved from unresolved conflict to direct supplier confirmation. Version numbers therefore describe the artifact that changed, not an attempt to make every related file appear newly published.

How to request a correction

Use the contact page and include the Here4Solar URL, the statement being challenged, a current first-party or official source, and the date you accessed it. We prioritise errors that could affect safety, legal or scheme eligibility, money assumptions, tariff comparisons or a reader’s choice of professional help. Disagreement alone does not establish an error, but specific primary evidence will always be reviewed.