Electric vehicle charging points

Installing your own electric vehicle charge point

If you're thinking of installing an electric vehicle charge point at your home or garage, please contact us first, as you’ll need our written permission to carry out the work. In some circumstances we won’t be able to provide permission. The following information will help guide you through the process.

We won’t give you permission to install a charge point under any circumstance if it:

• will be in an under-croft or underground car park.
• will be in a parking space that isn’t allocated to you.
• will connect to an electricity supply that isn’t your own.

We can only give permission for works carried out on land owned by us. If your charge point or any connected cables will run on or under land owned by someone else, including land maintained by a management company, you’ll also need to get their written permission.

In all other circumstances we’ll review your request. In reviewing your request we’ll consider whether the proposed location is suitable:

• The charge point shouldn’t restrict access to neighbouring property or parking spaces.
• There shouldn’t be any cables trailing over footpaths or roads when the charge point is being used.
• The charge point must not be fixed to the wall of a property still under NHBC warranty (in these circumstances, a pillar charger may be more appropriate).
• The charge point must not interfere with any major repair work to your home or result in any additional cost to us.

If we grant permission for you to install a charge point, you must:

• Only use an installer that is qualified to install electric vehicle charge points (a qualified electrician must have additional certification to install charge points).
• Provide us with a copy of the warranty and user manual once it has been installed.
• Agree you’re responsible for the cost of any future maintenance and repairs to the charge point whilst you remain in your home.
• Agree to leave the charge point in good working condition when you move out of your home, or to have it safely removed by a qualified person and all surfaces made good.

To apply for permission, you must provide us with details of the:

• Make and model of the charge point.
• The name of the installer (or the name of the mobility scheme if applicable).
• A photo or map/plan, showing the location of the proposed charge point.
• If applicable, a plan showing the route of any underground cabling and trenching.

You can apply for permission by completing this 

Electric vehicle charge point request

Other information and advice

If you rent or lease a flat, you may be eligible for a grant to help towards the cost of installing a charge point. For more information visit https://www.gov.uk/electric-vehicle-chargepoint-grant-household.

To find a government approved installer visit https://www.gov.uk/electric-vehicle-chargepoint-installers.

A list of approved charge point models is also available https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/residential-approved-chargepoint-model-list.

 

Communal electric vehicle charge points

Request access to a communal charge point

The following blocks have pay-as-you-go communal charge points:

• Wrens Cross, Maidstone town centre
• 32 Rosewood, Langley — Maidstone 
• 2 Wisely Road, Langley — Maidstone
• Portland Close, Langley — Maidstone
• Mandarin Road, Langley — Maidstone
• 34 Mount Avenue — Yalding 
• Arena House, Corral House, Field House, Manege House, Wood House — Paddock Wood
• Sir John Fogge Avenue, Cedar Parade, Nicholas Hammond Close — Ashford
• Tawny Close — Herne Bay

To request access to one of these charge points, please email help@goldinghomes.org.uk, stating your name, postal address and email address. Your email address must be the same one used to register with the charge point's payment app. Access will only be given to customers with a right to park in the bays.

 

Request a new communal charge point

We’re not currently installing new communal charge points but are investigating suitable locations for charge points to be installed in the future. If you'd like to register your interest, please email help@goldinghomes.org.uk.