Question follow-through · 125235

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to expand permitted development rights to include pavement gullies for at-home EV charging.

answeredDepartment for Transport

About this written question

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 10 Apr 2026
Target answer date: 14 Apr 2026
Answer: 17 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to expand permitted development rights to include pavement gullies for at-home EV charging.
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Department ran a consultation between November 2025 and January 2026, seeking views on changes to permitted development rights for cross-pavement charging solutions. The Department will publish its response shortly.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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