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    09

    Aug 2023

    Last Updated: 08/08/2023
    Environment
    Environment

    Plans to install 12 electric vehicle charging points at Wetherby Services

    by John Plummer

    | 09 Aug, 2023
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    Plans have been submitted to install 12 electric vehicle charging points at Wetherby Services.

    Gridserve, a sustainable energy firm in Kirk Deighton, has applied to North Yorkshire Council for the scheme just off junction 46 of the A1(M).

    Gridserve was granted planning permission in November 2021 to alter the service station car park to create an electric vehicle charging hub for 24 vehicles. The application also included the creation of 17 additional car parking spaces in a new parking area.

    The hub was completed in July 2022 but is not yet in use.

    The new proposal, which appeared on the council website this week, has downsized the scheme to 12 charging spaces — half as many as the previous application — and no longer includes a new parking area.

    Gridserve is also seeking permission to install electrical equipment that would enable the charging bays to be activated.

    The company said in a letter to the council:

    "The development is similar to that previously granted permission at the site, but at a smaller scale and with the addition of detailed specification of supporting electrical infrastructure to allow operation of existing and future chargers."





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    The letter adds:

    "Gridserve is implementing and building a network of high-power chargers across the country that will provide UK motorists with fast, easy and low carbon charging solutions.
    "Many will be located at existing destinations such retail parks and garden centres and will allow customers to use those amenities whilst being able to access dependable charging infrastructure."


    It added the government had a target to deliver at least six high powered EV chargers at every motorway service area across England by 2023.

    The charging bays will be situated at the most northerly area of the car park, next to to the Days Inn hotel.