Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Cabinet Member for Climate Change & Environment.

It is evident that support to improve the Electrical Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI) within Stockport is required to encourage the decarbonisation of transport and improve air quality in the borough. It has been identified that by entering into an agreement with the sustainable infrastructure company Iduna, the council could help improve EVCI provision across the borough. Iduna have funding to support the role out of EVCI in the borough which can be accessed by residents and visitors of Stockport and paid for using Be.EV membership or ‘webpay’. To do this Iduna is seeking to lease parking spaces under council ownership.

This proposal seeks to enable and increase the adoption of electric vehicles within Stockport and to support our goals of becoming a carbon neutral borough by 2038. This paper provides the national, regional, and local context for this decision, an overview of the proposal, and considerations for cabinet members and other decision makers. It then proposes the recommended way forward from officers.

(NOTE: The report contains ‘not for publication’ appendices that have ben circulated to the Cabinet only).

The Cabinet is recommended to:-

(1) Approve the proposal to proceed with Iduna as the delivery partner for EVCI on a lease basis for the 21 proposed sites and approve delegation to the Director of Place Management in consultation with the Cabinet Member for CAN for identifying alternative sites if these prove unviable.

(2) Approve delegation of final terms for the lease agreements to the Director of Place Management in consultation with Cabinet Member for CAN.

(3) Note that Area Committees will be asked to comment on EVCI locations within their jurisdiction.

Officer Contact: Sue Stevenson on 0161 474 4351 or e mail: sue.stevenson@stockport.gov.uk

The Cabinet Member for Climate Change & Environment (Councillor Mark Roberts) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing a proposal to enable and increase the adoption of electric vehicles within Stockport and to support the goal of becoming a carbon neutral borough by 2038.

(NOTE: The report contained ‘not for publication’ appendices that had been circulated to the Cabinet only).

RESOLVED – (1) That approval be given to the proposal to proceed with Iduna as the delivery partner for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI) on a lease basis for the 21 proposed sites and approve delegation to the Director of Place Management in consultation with the Cabinet Member for CAN for identifying alternative sites if these prove unviable.

(2) That authority be delegated to the Director of Place Management in consultation with Cabinet Member for Climate Change & Environment to agree the final terms for the lease agreements.

(3) That it be noted that Area Committees will be asked to comment on EVCI locations within their jurisdiction.

To consider a report of the Director of Place Management

It is evident that support to improve the Electrical Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI) within Stockport is required to encourage the decarbonisation of transport and improve air quality in the borough. It has been identified that by entering into an agreement with the sustainable infrastructure company Iduna, the council could help improve EVCI provision across the borough. Iduna have funding to support the role out of EVCI in the borough which can be accessed by residents and visitors of Stockport and paid for using Be.EV membership or ‘webpay’. To do this Iduna is seeking to lease parking spaces under council ownership.

The Scrutiny Committee is recommended to comment on and note the report.

Officer contact: Mark Glynn / Sue Stevenson by e-mail mark.glynn@stockport.gov.uk   /  sue.stevenson@stockport.gov.uk

The Director of Place Management submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing a proposal to encourage the decarbonisation of transport and improve air quality in the borough by improving the Electrical Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI) within Stockport. 

It had been identified that by entering into an agreement with the sustainable infrastructure company, Iduna, the council could help improve EVCI provision across the borough. It was stated that Iduna had funding to support the role out of EVCI in the borough which could be accessed by residents and visitors to Stockport and paid for using Be.EV membership or ‘webpay’.

The proposal involved Iduna leasing a number of parking spaces under council ownership.

The Cabinet Member for Highways, Parks and Leisure Services (Councillor Grace Baynham) attended the meeting to respond to questions from the Scrutiny Committee.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.