Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 48738

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

Tabled: 28 April 2025
Answered: 1 May 2025

Question

Perran Moon

LabourCamborne and Redruth

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of granting electric vehicle charging infrastructure statutory rights.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
In December 2024, the Government published the outcome of a consultation on a proposal to include chargepoint operators into the street works permitting regime, removing the requirement for a Section 50 licence. A clause to make this change has been inclu...

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