9.9 Location of EV charger equipment

For on plot charging, private cables and pavement covers are not permitted to cross public pavements. New residential schemes must ensure that EV chargers are accommodated within the private driveway, this should be through the use of wall mounted chargers or within appropriately located charging points in parking courtyards.

Charging points must be clearly demarcated for this use and positioned in line with on-street parking guidance.

Charging points must be located to provide access to the maximum number of cars. A car within a parking space is generally seen as chargeable if it is within 5m of a charge point.

Figure 9-3: Figure 9-3: Pillar points (rapid / fast) should be incorporated within build outs. They could also be installed where pavements are wider than 3m. Pillar point chargers are also appropriate for use in car parks. (Credit - SCC)

Ideally, charging points should be incorporated within kerb buildouts as this approach does not reduce pavement width, can help slow traffic, and can be combined with street trees and greenery.

Figure 9-4: Wall mounted points (slow) are spatially efficient and should be used for driveway charging or car parks and parking mews streets (Credit -Create Streets)

EV charging must only be incorporated into lamps and bollards when they are placed on the edge of the pavement and carriageway to avoid trailing cables.

Figure 9-5: Lamp post chargers (slow) must only be incorporated into lamps when they are placed on the edge of the pavement and carriageway to avoid trailing cables across the pavement (Credit -Create Streets)

Where EV chargers must be located on the pavement, they should be set back a minimum of 450mm from the kerb edge. The positioning of EV chargers must not reduce pavement width below 1.5m between the charging point and adjacent building boundary, ideally a 2m distance should be maintained. For busier streets, such as high streets (Street Type 2), or areas of high footfall such as outside schools, chargers should be placed in a furniture zone.

Figure 9-6: Bollard / post / tree mounted charging points (slow) can help reduce street clutter and may be appropriate in constrained locations (Credit -Ubitricity)

EV chargers should have front or side facing charging cables to avoid obstruction of pavement during charging. The location of charging points must be compliant with parking bay guidance outlined below.

On new build schemes EV below ground infrastructure should be consolidated into service ducts (with a minimum 2m service margin from private dwelling or curtilage) for ease of access and maintenance.

The location of EV chargers in Conservation Areas will require consultation with the appropriate Conservation officers in the relevant planning authority.