1) Within the next few years regulation will apply to existing homes of HA’s however, they are currently bound to part S of the building regulations fore new build homes inc flats. There has long been infrastructure grants for existing dwelling, but HA’s have been on the whole slow on the uptake.
2) I find councils more willing to allow installation by tennants, who have driveways. Tunnel installations don’t work in many scenarios and liabilty often come into play with local highways. The govenment inititive will see coucils awarded money for the installation of roadside chargers.
3) Building Regulations Part S (2022) provides a requirement for new homes and existing homes undergoing large renovations (of 10 more or dwellings) to have facilities for charging electric vehicles at home that have on drive parking provisions.
While the technical requirements of Part S state that each EV charger should be fitted with a universal socket, it also says that in exceptional circumstances, such as for self build homes, a tethered vehicle charge point may be acceptable providing the vehicle requirements are already known. This ismore geared to sefbuild!
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6218c5d38fa8f54911e22263/AD_S.pdf
4) It is not currently mandatory to install solar panels on new build properties.
5) Flats will be difficult for each tennant to have their own individual chargers. It will be more of a case of parking lot chargers, with either increased rents or inflated charging costs, similar to how it would be under the infrastructure grant. The bigger concern re costs, is if private firms install and take over the chargers.
However, similar concerns can be said for HA’s & LA’s are forced by regulation to install chargepoints, rents will go up or charging costs will be inflated in a similar way to house builders will cover the cost of installing chargers to newbuilds by proportionately increasing house prices.
6) One major disadvantage, is if you want an Octopus or OVO intelligent charger, you are likely to pay double, as builders etc will fit the cheapest charger available to them. There is more likely hood a house builder over a HA or LA, will offer you a choice of chargers, but at far increased costs, than if you paid to have the one fitted changed.
As an example, I was invloved in electrical installation inc a fiting charger to each dwelling comming on two years ago for a private builder and they requested £150 LINCHR 7kW chargers. Don’t get me wrong, its a damn good charger and miles better build quality than OHME. Hydra also rebranded them the Cubis, but this is no good if you want to access a certain tariff.
7) The goverments duty is to ensure there are chargepoints for it’s EV push. Unfortunately what it does not stipulate is the pence per kWh. So for those who can’t have a charger fitted to their property with a driveway, will see inflated charging costs.
8) It’s a slow process, and we can be lucky part S came in when it did and even more lucky the government has somehow found the money in the blackhole, after trying to tae it out on pensioners and disabled, to do what it recently announced. For those left behind, it’ll be the end of the decade if not later before regulations come in forcing change.