The installation of electric vehicle public charging outlets or charge points

Request

In particular, are you able to provide me with:  

1. How many electric vehicle public charging outlets or charge points have you installed in your local authority to date that are classed as on-street residential charge points, located in residential streets or areas? Please provide figures to the nearest possible date. 

2. For Question 1, how many on-street residential charging outlets or charge points have you installed to date in your local authority that have been adapted specifically for disabled users? Please provide figures to the nearest possible date.

3.  For Question 1, how many on-street public charging outlets or charge points are positioned in disabled parking bays?

4. For Question 1, how many of the on-street residential charge points in your area conform to the BSI's latest accessible charging specification (PAS 1899:2022)? Please provide figures to the nearest possible date.

5. Does your electric vehicle charging infrastructure strategy include specific considerations for elderly and / or disabled users?

6.  Do you provide any additional support for disabled or elderly users wanting to access public charge points for electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles, such as charge-point assistants or roaming charging services?

7. Do you support or provide marketing tools to residents to make finding charge point services easier, such as charge point booking or journey planning technologies?

8. How many on-street residential charge points in your area have been installed or adapted to conform to BSI's latest accessible charging specification (PAS 1899:2022) since June 2025? If unable to provide data since June 2024, please provide data for the past 12 months, since March 2025

9. Do you currently allow or permit the use of cable covers across pavements for residents charging electric vehicles from their homes? 

10. Do you have gully charging available or approved for use within your local authority area?

Decision

1. 3

2. Zero

3. Zero

4. Zero

5. Lincolnshire’s Electric Vehicle Strategy is publicly available and can be found at the following link: https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/downloads/file/7198/electric-vehicle-strategy

6. Our appointed operator for on-street residential charge points operates a customer phone line to assist charge point users.

7. Our appointed operator for on-street residential charge points lists their sites on Zap Map, and Google Maps. The operator is currently working on implementing a system to allow bay reservations.

8. Zero

9. Our policy for charging electric vehicles on-street is publicly available and can be found at the following link:*https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/roads-transport/electric-vehicles/3

10. No. However, we are aware of trial projects that are taking place in the United Kingdom and we are collaborating with other local authorities to be proactive in monitoring the results.

*As such, this information is exempt from disclosure in accordance with the exemption set out at Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which provides that a public authority need not comply with a request for disclosure under the Act where that information is reasonably accessible by other means

Reference number
FOI 15993601
Date request received
25/03/26
Date of decision
22/04/26