Issue - meetings

Report of Assistant Director Environment

Purpose of report

To seek approval for the Oxfordshire Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy in line with the other Oxfordshire County, City and District Councils.

Recommendations

The meeting is recommended:

1.1       Approve the Oxfordshire Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy and its enclosed policies and key actions

Resolved

(1)          That the Oxfordshire Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy and its enclosed policies and key actions (annexes to the Minutes as set out in the Minute Book) be approved.

The Assistant Director Environmental Services submitted a report to seek approval for the Oxfordshire Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy in line with the other Oxfordshire County, City and District Councils.

Resolved

(1)          That the Oxfordshire Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy and its enclosed policies and key actions (annex to the Minutes as set out in the Minute Book) be approved.

Reasons

To support Oxfordshire residents to make the change from petrol and diesel to Electric Vehicles (EVs), Oxfordshire’s Councils have worked together to develop this operational strategy for increasing and managing EV charging across the county. This strategy supports the reduction of transport emissions as part of a hierarchy of sustainable transport; encouraging uptake of EVs by enabling the development of a high quality, accessible and convenient EV charging network. This work will further progress towards the Council’s Climate Emergency target, Healthy Place Shaping ambition, Air Pollution needs and our Car Parking Strategy.

Alternative options

Option 1: Reject OEVIS in its entirety

The emerging electric vehicle infrastructure needs will still be present with no clear strategy in place to address this. The Council is not currently resourced to undertake this piece of work in isolation and may lead to a disjoint in the policies in place across the rest of Oxfordshire. For these reasons this option has not been recommended

Option 2: Seek amendment to individual policies

All Oxfordshire Councils are currently progressing the strategy through their respective governance structures, amendments to these policies will require a lengthy restart of this process. For this reason this option has not been recommended.