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Planning Permission: Charging Points

Commons · Question 80889 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to update the National Planning Policy Framework to facilitate the installation of electric vehicle charging points for homeowners without driveways.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 20 Oct 2025

The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that in setting local parking standards for residential and non-residential development, planning policies should take into account the need to ensure adequate provision of spaces for charging plug-in and...