Decision details

(i)       to note the progress made to date on the delivery of electric vehicle charging infrastructure;

(ii)      to instruct the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning, following consultation with the Chief Officer -Governance and Chief Officer - Commercial and Procurement Services to continue to engage with the Council’s preferred supplier, to establish if a feasible on-street residential trial can be established;

(iii)      to instruct the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning, following consultation with the Chief Officer - Commercial and Procurement Services, if a feasible on-street trial is deemed possible, to enter into a time-limited pilot agreement with the preferred supplier, and report back to the relevant committee once the trial concludes on lessons learned; and

(iv)     to instruct the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning to continue to work with the Chief Officer - Operations and the Chief Officer - Corporate Landlord to increase the size of the Council's EV charging estate for its own fleet vehicles.