Petition · past parliament · Department for Transport
Enable enforcement of electric vehicle charging point infrastructure
Closed
67 signatures
What the petition asks
Make it illegal to occupy a public charging bay without charging your vehicle (all chargers) or staying beyond reasonable time (approx 15 mins) after charge completion (rapid chargers only).
Enforcing means-tested fines for breaking the law proposed above.
Enforcing means-tested fines for breaking the law proposed above.
An increasing number of EV drivers require public chargepoints: approximately a third of households in the UK do not have a driveway or garage and cannot install a home chargepoint, and there are plenty of other drivers who want to ‘top-up’ their battery while away from home.
For existing EV owners, where the infrastructure is weakened by the occupying of charging bays by internal combustion engine vehicles or for those EV owners who use charging bays for 'exclusive' parking i.e not charging.
For existing EV owners, where the infrastructure is weakened by the occupying of charging bays by internal combustion engine vehicles or for those EV owners who use charging bays for 'exclusive' parking i.e not charging.
Timeline
| 16 Sep 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 16 Mar 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
67
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Transport
Opened
16 Sep 2020
Closed
16 Mar 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.