Sefton Council has approved a requirement for new houses in the borough to have electric vehicle charging points as standard.

The requirement, contained in the New Housing Supplementary Planning Document will mean that all new housing developments with dedicated parking will have to provide at least one electric vehicle charging point. For housing with communal parking, at least 1 in 10 parking spaces must provide an electric vehicle charging point.

The Sustainable Travel and Development Supplementary Planning Document also contains a requirement for commercial developments to provide charging points.

This comes as part of the Council’s action plan to reduce air pollution across the borough by providing better infrastructure for electric vehicles to support the transition away from polluting diesel and petrol cars.

It is hoped that the new approach will encourage the use of electric vehicles and in turn reduce the air pollution caused by diesel and petrol car emissions as well as helping to reduce carbon emissions.

Cllr Daren Veidman, Cabinet Member Planning and Building Control, said: “This very welcome initiative shows Sefton Council’s commitment to creating an environment that is ready for the future by providing infrastructure that supports electric vehicles.

“It will help to encourage the use of electric vehicles and reduce the harmful pollution emitted from petrol and diesel cars.”

Cllr Paulette Lappin, Cabinet Member for Regulatory, Compliance and Corporate Services, added: “I am delighted we are requiring new development to provide electric vehicle charging points, it will have a positive impact on the health of Sefton residents and will contribute to the fight against air pollution.”

Just checking the date - its not April 1st is it ?

I'd rather they had solar panel roofing as standard.


But for the mass cost of installing a charge point I guess it's not a bad idea. At least a little forward thinking.

now cue the digging up of roads to provide/improve the power cabling to provide the power required to sustain this charging system ... and throw in a few more substations as well ...

Originally Posted by Knot wright

now cue the digging up of roads to provide/improve the power cabling to provide the power required to sustain this charging system ... and throw in a few more substations as well ...

Um, it part of the house wiring, and is also on new builds. Is that not the best time to fit something like this? Whether you like it or not electricity is the future of motoring.
With solar panels, you could even have free motoring.

Originally Posted by lawed143

Yes you’re quite right. Bearing in mind that 80p of every £1 spent at the pump is ‘tax’, that 80p will have to come from somewhere else, so expect VAT to go up to compensate for the loss....30% maybe, and VED to be replaced by (the long lost) road tax.....! Electric cars a not so cheap to run anymore......!
Cycling is the way forward.....🤫

Well not really if your being taxed anyway LOL


It's not about cheap, It's about we are running out of dinosaurs to burn.