Electric Vehicle Charging
Accessing charging for electric vehicles
We are committed to reducing carbon emissions and supporting residents, businesses, and visitors to use electric vehicles (EVs). We recognise that access to EV charging is needed and lack of access to on-street EV charging may be inconvenient for some drivers.
We are working to increase public access to EV chargers in Redcar & Cleveland and develop safe ways for drivers to access on-street charging. All public EV chargers in the Borough are in public car parks, where parking is free overnight, and over 95% of these charging bays are disabled parking bay size to ensure they can be used by everyone.
Slow chargers will use the charge point operator’s app, but all other EV chargers should have contactless payment.
You can suggest a location for public EV chargers by emailing GreenerFuture@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk.
On-street electric vehicle charging
On-street electric vehicle charging (for residents without off street parking) – updated July 2026
We will shortly receive a grant from the Government to help residents without off street parking to be able to install EV charger cable channels across the pavement to the road.
This programme is not finalised but if you wish to join the list of residents with an electric vehicle, who have no off street parking, please email GreenerFuture@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk, to be added to the list of residents to contact as soon as the programme is live (likely to be early autumn 2026).