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(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.

With reference to article 3 of the minute of meeting of Council of 5 March 2025, the Committee had before it a report by the Executive Director – City Regeneration and Environment which provided an update on the progress of the various electric vehicle (EV) charging projects that the council was working to deliver.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee -

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

(b)      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;

(c)      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

(d)      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.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations contained in the report.