There's a company called Kerbo Charge that specialises in installing kerbside charging, running power from inside your home. It requires local government approval, which mine refused to give, but I know that an increasing number are willing to approve it (e.g. Milton Keynes, Reading, Durham, Nottinghamshire, Cornwall and, most recently, Southampton).
My council said, and I quote:
Due to the potential risks associated with unattended trailing cable across footways, it is current Council policy that we do not permit trailing of cables over pavements. This includes the provision or installation of either gully based or overhead gantry systems. Section 178 of the Highways Act provides that no one shall place cables across the highway without the highway authority's consent, and section 162 provides that a person who places wire or other apparatus across the highway in such a way as to cause a danger to users is guilty of an offence and liable to pay a fine. Therefore, this means the Council is not in a position to approve the running of any wires or cables across any of its footways. This extends to wires or cables covered by a heavy-duty cable covering, set in a gully or on an overhead gantry system.
Should any person decide to go against this advice the Council will not be held liable for any claims of injury resulting from such action, with responsibility being solely that of the vehicle owner.
Last edited by High Hamster; 22/04/25 02:58 PM.
