FOI request (FOIR-527035276)

Electric Vehicle Charge Points

Requested Tue 27 June 2023
Responded Tue 25 July 2023

Response

The total number of EV charging stations installed each year, from 2015-2022

Answer: Hastings Borough Council can only answer about the EV charging stations installed for public use in car parks as we are responsible for off-street parking only.  We installed 14 in 2021 and 7 in 2020.

On-street parking is dealt with by East Sussex County Council: www.eastsussex.gov.uk  

The proposed number of EV charging stations to be installed in 2023 

Answer: As above our response is for off-street parking (car parks) there are no current plans to install more EV chargers.

The average cost of installing an EV charging station

Answer: For those in our car park to install the 21 EV chargers cost approx. £65 000 which is about £3,000 per charger.

The total number of planning applications for private EV charging stations that have been approved for each year, from 2015-2022

Answer: This information is publicly available to view on our website using our planning search tool: https://www.hastings.gov.uk/planning/searching/ 

The total number of planning applications that are in progress (to date) for private EV charging stations 

Answer: This information is publicly available to view on our website using our planning search tool: https://www.hastings.gov.uk/planning/searching/