Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 81321

Housing: Charging Points

Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Neil Coyle

LabourBermondsey and Old Southwark

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Transport to (a) expand electricity capacity and (b) ensure the adequacy of the number of EV charging stations in new hous

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that strategic policies set out in development plans should make sufficient provision for energy. The government recently amended the existing permitted development rights for electric vehicle charging po...

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