Petrol price rise ‘hopefully’ pushes drivers to electric says expert
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The Government launched a public consultation in 2019 which looked to hear opinions on proposals to introduce new building regulations in England. This would mandate electric vehicle chargepoint infrastructure in new homes, new non-residential buildings, and when some buildings are renovated.
Under the plans, existing building regulations will be altered to require every new home, including flats and dwellings created from a change of use, to have EV charging infrastructure.
This will mean that there will need to be “at least” one charging station per dwelling with “associated parking”.
In addition, residential buildings undergoing major renovation with more than 10 parking spaces will need to have at least one electric vehicle chargepoint for each dwelling with associated parking.
The Department for Transport stated this change could mean an extra 145,000 charging points are installed in England each year.
Joel Teague, Founder and CEO of Co Charger, praised the law for bringing progress to the charging sector, but questioned whether it went too far.
Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, he said: “It’s a step in the right direction by people who really need it.
“The frustration in it is it says ‘if you’ve got a block of flats with communal parking and space for each flat, every space has to have a charger on it’.
“Why would you need that? One charger could easily service five vehicles.
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“It’s going to be at least five years before everyone there has an EV.
“If a block of flats has its own communal car park and spaces. The law says if they’re doing upgrades they would need to have loads of chargers running at once.”
This law change is part of its wider plan to cut carbon emissions, with £1.3billion of investment being committed to electric vehicle charging infrastructure rollout.
An additional £620million was committed at the 2021 Spending Review to targeted vehicle grants and infrastructure.
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