Decision Maker:

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Date of Decision: June 13, 2025

Purpose:

Content: 11.1 Members of the committee considered a report of the Executive Director Neighbourhood Services setting out     11.2 RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That the Environmental Services and Regulation Policy Committee:   a)    Notes and endorses the proposed areas of work that will support improvements in Sheffield City Council’s Electric Vehicle charging infrastructure by allocating up to £125,000 of surplus parking revenue shown to be derived from the cessation of the Green Parking Scheme. b)    Requests officers in City Transport and Parking Services work up costed options within the agreed proposed areas of work for inclusion in the Investment Plan; and c)    Delegates to the Executive Director of Neighbourhood Services, in consultation with the Task and Finish Group, approval of the final spend on the costed options developed for inclusion in the Investment Plan and for those aspects of the Investment Plan to be implemented immediately.     11.3 Reasons for Decision     11.3.1 Investing up to £125,000 surplus parking income derived from the Green Permit Scheme ending demonstrates Sheffield City Council’s ongoing commitment to investment to support the transition to zero-emission vehicles by targeting one of the key remaining barriers: access to convenient and reliable charging infrastructure.     11.3.2 Usage data and feedback received from motorists demonstrates that action needs to be taken to support the availability, accessibility and reliability of Sheffield public charger network.     11.3.3 Further funding of £8.9m capital from government’s Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund (LEVI) for South Yorkshire will create a positive impact of increasing the size of the existing EV charging network.     11.3.4 The revenue funding can be put to more flexible ways of tackling barriers to usage that capital isn’t able to be used for.     11.3.5 Agreeing the parameters now will allow officers to work up and cost the most effective series of measures, ready to implement once the financial reconciliation has been completed at year end 2025/26 .     11.4 Alternatives Considered and Rejected     11.4.1 Alternative Option 1: Do Nothing       This option was rejected as improving reliability and access to EV charging infrastructure supports the council to improve financial viability of the charging network. The more people who use the network, the more sustainable the financial model becomes. This is critical in meeting the priorities identified in section 3 under the council plan of supporting transition to clean more sustainable forms of transport     11.4.2 Alternative Option 2: Invest in new chargers       This option would limit the impact of the EV charging network. Increasing the network, without tackling some of the existing barriers to using public charges in Sheffield, wont improve motorists confidence in the reliability and accessibility of public chargers. Ensuring the network is available, accessible, and affordable will improve confidence and remove barriers across the network. Investing in measures to tackle those barriers will prove beneficial across our existing charging network and also future developments