{"id":48430,"date":"2026-10-23T15:20:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T14:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48430"},"modified":"2026-10-23T15:20:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T14:20:50","slug":"conservation-areas-excluded-from-englands-new-pavement-charging-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48430","title":{"rendered":"Conservation areas excluded from England\u2019s new pavement charging rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">England\u2019s new pavement charging rights will exclude conservation areas. Drivers can still seek planning permission, with highway approval also required, reports <em>The Charging Scheme.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><u>The Charging Scheme<\/u><\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Electric vehicle owners without driveways in England\u2019s conservation areas will be excluded from new permitted development rights for cross-pavement charging, according to reports published by The Times and Highways News\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 affected residents will not gain the same simplified planning route as eligible households elsewhere\u2026 government says councils can grant area-wide permission if they choose\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Permission remains possible<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conservation areas protect places of special architectural or historic interest. The government\u2019s stated position is that improving charging access must be balanced against protecting that character. A government spokesman, quoted by Highways News and The Telegraph, said: \u2018People in conservation areas without off-street parking can still apply for planning permission to install a cross-pavement solution. Local authorities also have powers to grant blanket permission for these installations in an entire area if they choose to.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chargescheme.com\/blog\/conservation-areas-excluded-pavement-charging-rights\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England\u2019s new pavement charging rights will exclude conservation areas. Drivers can still seek planning permission, with highway approval also required, reports The Charging Scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1064,693,1063],"class_list":["post-48430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog","tag-charging","tag-conservation-areas","tag-electric-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48431,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48430\/revisions\/48431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}