Sustainable travel
Electric vehicle charging
Some of the benefits of electric vehicle (EV) charging include:
- supporting the change to zero emission vehicles and helping the environment
- help for local residents who don’t have their own chargers or private parking
- attracting more visitors to your area who can use other facilities at your building/community
Where to install chargers
Chargers can be installed in:
- village halls
- community building car parks
- public car parks that are open 24 hours and are within walking distance of homes (the car park will need to have at least 2 parking spaces for EV charging)
- near to an electricity supply (usually this is the building, which can help keep installation costs down)
Parish councils who want to operate EV charge points themselves will need to have General Power of Competence to charge customers for energy used by the EV charge points.
Grants
These grants are currently open for applications and can help cover the capital costs of installing your own charge points.
- Electric Vehicle Charge Point Grant
- On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme guidance for local authorities