EV home charging · Wiltshire

Can you charge an EV without a driveway in Wiltshire?

Wiltshire is developing guidelines for a limited residential cable-channel trial and asks interested residents to email its EVI team. This is an interest-registration route, not permission to install now. Trailing cables remain prohibited under the council’s current guidance.

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Current scheme status

Enquiry or expression-of-interest route

Limited channel trial being developed — email to register interest

Where the scheme applies

Wiltshire highway authority area; individual site and availability checks apply

Published cost position

No current household installation fee or confirmed trial start date published

Funding position

An expression of interest does not secure a channel grant or permission. Wait for Wiltshire’s eligibility, costs and individual acceptance before relying on any funding.

Your practical route

What to do next in Wiltshire

The correct order matters: do not buy a channel or arrange pavement work before the authority confirms the route.

Email the EVI teamContact EVITeam@wiltshire.gov.uk to register interest in the limited cable-channel trial and ask whether your address can be considered.
Wait for the trial frameworkThe council says it is still developing guidelines. Confirm eligibility, charges, approved equipment and the installation timetable when published; no trial place is guaranteed.
Separate planning from highway consentThe council page retains older blanket planning wording for homes without driveways. England’s 21 October changes may remove a planning application for a qualifying authorised installation, but they do not open Wiltshire’s trial or grant highway consent.
Use an available charging route meanwhileUse public charging or suitable private off-street charging. Do not put a loose cable across the pavement or pay a contractor to cut a channel before the council approves the route.

Site and policy checks

What could prevent the project?

Likely barriers

No verified open installation application or final trial timetable
Loose charging cables across the pavement are banned
Swindon is a separate highway authority and is outside Wiltshire Council’s route

Do the 21 October rules let me install a channel in Wiltshire now?

No. The planning changes do not replace highway-authority permission or launch Wiltshire’s proposed trial. You can email the EVI team to register interest, but must wait for a council-approved route and site acceptance before arranging pavement work.

Official source

Confirm the current council position

Source last checked: 25 October 2026. This independent guide cannot grant highway permission or reserve a parking space.