Planning permission for electric vehicle charging

You need planning permission for an external electrical vehicle charging point if it:

• exceeds 0.2 cubic metres
• faces onto and is within 2m of a highway
• is within a site designated as a Scheduled Monument
• is within the curtilage of a listed building

You need planning permission for an upstand with an electric vehicle charging point if it:

• exceeds 2.3m in height from the level of the parking surface, or 1.6m within the curtilage of a dwelling house of block of flats
• is within 2m of a highway
• is within a site designed as a Scheduled Monument
• is within the curtilage of a Listed Building
• results in more that one update per parking space

Public charging points

You can view information about electric vehicle charging points in our car parks.