If you have a drive or garage, you are likely to be able to have your own private EV chargepoint installed under permitted development rights. If your home is in a conservation area, is a listed building (or on land surrounding a listed building) or would require a charger be  within 2 meters of a public highway,  you will need to seek advice from your local council planning team as you may require planning consent from your relevant:

• District Council 

If you have the authority to install a chargepoint, you will need to source the type of charger you want, and use a competent registered chargepoint installer or electrician. Your installer will usually register the chargepoint for you but please do check this with them. 

The Energy Saving Trust has produced a video that you may find useful:

• Electric vehicle home charging

For residents that have no off-street parking, we provide a cable protector guidance notice for residents that opt to charge EV’s on-street from their property. Charging cables may be placed across footways only if they are housed in an appropriate cable protector.

It is essential that any homeowner considers public safety and legislation when charging an EV in this manner as legal liability arising from the use of the cable or the protector lies with the homeowner.

Please refer to the: Cable Protection Guidance (PDF)

These relate specifically to embedded channels or gullies and permanent under the pavement cables for residents to charge from a home electrical supply.

After careful consideration, and like a number of other Highway Authorities, Worcestershire County Council (WCC) is currently not supporting the installation of channels and/or gullies that may result in damaging the integrity of the pavement surface and structure. WCC’s adopted Worcestershire EVCI Strategy has further details on the electric vehicle charging in the county.

• Worcestershire EVCI Strategy (PDF)

Over the last decade or more, WCC has invested significant funding in the County’s footway network. The act of allowing such installations, may severely damage the integrity of the footway construction. Installations such as these, introduces opportunities for the ingress of water into the footway structure and spalling of the surface which lead to premature deterioration of the overall footway.

Where residents do not have off-street parking and wish to charge their vehicle from home, please cross refer to WCC’s guidance on cable protection:

• Cable Protection Guidance (PDF)