EV home charging · Leicestershire
Can you charge an EV without a driveway in Leicestershire?
Leicestershire’s official EV FAQ currently prohibits private charging cables across the pavement or street, including covers, mats and cable channels or gullies. It also prohibits private chargepoints overhanging or installed on the street outside a home. Its LEVI projects concern shared public charging, rather than permission for a domestic cable route.
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What to do next in Leicestershire
The correct order matters: do not buy a channel or arrange pavement work before the authority confirms the route.
- Read the specific on-street FAQExpand “I park on-street” on the council EV page. The prohibition expressly includes cable covers, mats and gullies, rather than only loose cables.
- Use the public charging programmeReview the public LEVI rollout and existing operator locations. These chargers are shared infrastructure and do not use your own domestic electricity tariff automatically.
- Keep other authority areas separateLeicester City and Rutland are separate highway authorities. Use their own policies rather than applying Leicestershire County Council’s rules to those addresses.
- Wait for an explicit policy changeThe council says officers are reviewing national guidance. That is not an open trial or permission to install now. Do not order private pavement works before a new authorised route and individual approval exist.
Official source
Confirm the current council position
Leicestershire’s official EV FAQ currently prohibits private charging cables across the pavement or street, including covers, mats and cable channels or gullies. It also prohibits private chargepoints overhanging or installed on the street outside a home. Its LEVI projects concern shared public charging, rather than permission for a domestic cable route.
Source last checked: 27 October 2026. This independent guide cannot grant highway permission or reserve a parking space.