UK Constraints and the Policies used to Fix Them:
Current policies are on the left and potential future policy changes are on the right:
Standing Charge City Bias
OFGEM STANDING CHARGE PILOT SCHEME
PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS
Planning Permission Chaos
Charging station Consumer Protection
PUBLIC CHARGE POINT REGULATIONS 2023
Domestic Help: Private Issue
Whilst OFGEM are currently running a pilot program for domestic household to lower standing charges, this doesnt effect private business and remains the biggest policy issue for EV infrastructure in the UK.
2024: A Win for all Consumers?
Whilst the public charge point regulations coming into effect in 2024 where a key step forward for consumer convenience, there are still 42,874 low speed chargers (as of April 2025) that are not covered by this legislation. This is leaving many drivers without a convenient way to pay for their charge and exacerbates regional inequalities by making driving an EV in poor infrastructure areas even more inconveniant
Planning Permission Changes
Parliament is looking at expanding the 2022 Permitted Development rights to include large scale charging hubs and on street chargers This would make Rapid charging hubs much easier to build for private companies
Planning Permission Chaos
Whilst planning is often not needed for private chargers or public chargers at existing car parks or service stations, permission is required for new sites and on street parking bays. This adds to the already long list of permissions private companies need from energy providers and slows down the building of sites in new areas.
Charging Station Consumer Protection
Many private companies try to create "moats" around their products by only taking payment from drivers who sign up to their specific ecosystem or download their app to undergo payment for charging. 2024 legislation challenged this by stating that all new chargers over 8kW and all existing chargers 50kW and above must be fitted with contactless payment systems.
A 462% Increase...
Pre 2023:
The OFGEM Targeted Charging Review in 2023 changed standing charges (a fee charged by energy providers to cover the cost of connecting a business or house to the grid) to be based on the total power capacity of the site and not actual electricity consumption. This drastically Increased the cost of running a charging site as rapid charging sites need a high power capcity. This cost increase not only reduces the number of sites that firms want to build but also effects the distribution of sites in the UK. Rural areas with fewer cars charging per day have similar large upfront costs to urban areas. This lengethens the payback period of bulding rural charging sites and makes them less comerically viable.
£0.08
Standing charge per kWh
Post 2023 :
£0.45
Standing charge per kWh
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UK Constraints and the Policies used to Fix Them:
Current policies are on the left and potential future policy changes are on the right:
Standing Charge City Bias
OFGEM STANDING CHARGE PILOT SCHEME
PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS
Planning Permission Chaos
Charging station Consumer Protection
PUBLIC CHARGE POINT REGULATIONS 2023
Domestic Help: Private Issue
Whilst OFGEM are currently running a pilot program for domestic household to lower standing charges, this doesnt effect private business and remains the biggest policy issue for EV infrastructure in the UK.
2024: A Win for all Consumers?
Whilst the public charge point regulations coming into effect in 2024 where a key step forward for consumer convenience, there are still 42,874 low speed chargers (as of April 2025) that are not covered by this legislation. This is leaving many drivers without a convenient way to pay for their charge and exacerbates regional inequalities by making driving an EV in poor infrastructure areas even more inconveniant
Planning Permission Changes
Parliament is looking at expanding the 2022 Permitted Development rights to include large scale charging hubs and on street chargers This would make Rapid charging hubs much easier to build for private companies
Planning Permission Chaos
Whilst planning is often not needed for private chargers or public chargers at existing car parks or service stations, permission is required for new sites and on street parking bays. This adds to the already long list of permissions private companies need from energy providers and slows down the building of sites in new areas.
Charging Station Consumer Protection
Many private companies try to create "moats" around their products by only taking payment from drivers who sign up to their specific ecosystem or download their app to undergo payment for charging. 2024 legislation challenged this by stating that all new chargers over 8kW and all existing chargers 50kW and above must be fitted with contactless payment systems.
A 462% Increase...
Pre 2023:
The OFGEM Targeted Charging Review in 2023 changed standing charges (a fee charged by energy providers to cover the cost of connecting a business or house to the grid) to be based on the total power capacity of the site and not actual electricity consumption. This drastically Increased the cost of running a charging site as rapid charging sites need a high power capcity. This cost increase not only reduces the number of sites that firms want to build but also effects the distribution of sites in the UK. Rural areas with fewer cars charging per day have similar large upfront costs to urban areas. This lengethens the payback period of bulding rural charging sites and makes them less comerically viable.
£0.08
Standing charge per kWh
Post 2023 :
£0.45
Standing charge per kWh