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Housing: Charging Points

Asked by Neil CoyleLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 81321

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Transport to (a) expand electricity capacity and (b) ensure the adequacy of the number of EV charging stations in new housing developments.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that strategic policies set out in development plans should make sufficient provision for energy.

The government recently amended the existing permitted development rights for electric vehicle charging points to support homeowners through the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2025.

We continue to keep the regulations under review.

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