Consultation outcome

Electric vehicle charge points in residential and non-residential buildings

• From: Department for Transport and Office for Zero Emission Vehicles
• Published: 15 July 2019
• Last updated: 13 December 2021 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

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Consultation response: EV Charge points in Residential and Non-residential Buildings

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Residential charging infrastructure provision: final impact assessment

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Non-residential charging infrastructure provision: final impact assessment

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Detail of outcome

This consultation response defines the government proposals to mandate electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in new homes, new non-residential buildings and, in some cases, when buildings are renovated.

The aim of the proposals is to ensure the transition to EVs is supported by extensive and accessible charging infrastructure.

This response also details the government’s final policies on the exemptions and technical details, such as charge point standards.

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Original consultation

Summary

Proposals to alter existing residential and non-residential buildings regulations to include electric vehicle infrastructure requirements.

This consultation ran from
15 July 2019 to 11:45pm on 7 October 2019

Consultation description

We are proposing to:

1. alter building regulations for new:

   • residential buildings to include requirements for electric vehicle charge points
   • non-residential buildings to include requirements for electric vehicle charge point infrastructure

2. introduce requirement for existing non-residential buildings to have electric vehicle charge points

Documents

Electric vehicle charging in residential and non-residential buildings

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Annex C - Draft Technical Guidance

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Impact assessment: residential charging infrastructure provision

Ref: dft00412

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Impact assessment: non-residential charging infrastructure provision

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Published 15 July 2019
Last updated 13 December 2021 + show all updates

1. 13 December 2021

   Consultation response updated to reflect latest position on Electric Vehicles (Smart Charge Points) Regulations (pages 13, 17 and 31) and provide clarity on transitional arrangements (page 40). Final impact assessments provided.

2. 22 November 2021

   Consultation response published.

3. 19 July 2019

   Online response system added.

4. 17 July 2019

   Response email amended.

5. 15 July 2019

   First published.