Electric Charging Points For Recharging Vehicles
As electric vehicles are becoming more common, the Council are receiving a high number of enquiries in relation to the required consents for EV chargers. While a pre-application enquiry can provide you with more tailored advice, the information below may assist you initially.
When planning permission is required
If the EV charger and its casing would
- be outside of an area used for off-street parking;
- exceed 0.2 cubic metres;
- be within a site designated as a scheduled monument; or
- be within the curtilage of a listed building. (Please note that listed building consent will also be required if the charger is to be attached to a listed building/structure, please see below)
When planning permission is not required
If none of the above restrictions apply, the EV charger would be deemed ‘permitted development’ and would not require planning permission. This is subject to the condition that it is removed as soon as it no longer needed, and the wall it was mounted to is reinstated to its original condition.
On-street chargers
EV chargers that need to be positioned on the footpath (highway) or have cabling crossing the highway, will require planning permission, as well as additional consent from Derbyshire Highway Authority.
Listed buildings
In the majority of cases, charging points can be accommodated without harm to special interest of heritage assets provided they are located in discreet places.
Consideration should be given to archaeological remains when considering ground works and service runs.
- If a charger is proposed to be fixed to a listed building - listed building consent is required as well as planning permission.
- If a charger is proposed within the curtilage of a listed building but it won’t be attached to the listed building or a listed structure itself - planning permission will be required.
We strongly encourage a pre-application is submitted if an EV charger is proposed to be attached to a listed building or be within the curtilage of a listed building. This is because every property is different and specific advice may be needed.
Relevant regulations
The General Permitted Development Order (2015) as amended, states that the following development,
“The installation, alteration or replacement, within an area lawfully used for off-street parking, of an electrical outlet mounted on a wall for recharging electric vehicles.”
is permitted,
subject to the condition that when no longer needed as a charging point for electric vehicles—
(a) the development is removed as soon as reasonably practicable; and
(b) the wall on which the development was mounted or into which the development was set is, as soon as reasonably practicable, and so far as reasonably practicable, reinstated to its condition before that development was carried out.”
However, there are exceptions to this, with the following not being permitted if the outlet and its casing would
- Exceed 0.2 cubic metres;
- Be within a site designated as a scheduled monument; or
- Be within the curtilage of a listed building.”