EV Charging Infrastructure
On-street and depot electric vehicle charging, grid connections. 273 UK councils have discussed ev charging infrastructure in monitored meetings — track who, where and how the conversation is moving.
What councils are saying about ev charging infrastructure
EV Charging Infrastructure is one of the procurement themes QuorumInsight tracks across UK local government, detected in 1,788 meeting mentions spanning 273 councils. Every mention comes from an analysed council meeting — a cabinet decision, a committee discussion or a budget report — so this is a picture of what councils are actually planning and debating, not a directory of published tenders.
Discussion has held steady quarter-on-quarter: there were 132 mentions in the last three months, against 125 in the three months before. For suppliers, that matters because activity in a council meeting typically precedes any formal procurement by months. Reading it early is the difference between shaping a requirement and responding to one. EV Charging Infrastructure sits within the broader highways & transport category.
Mentions over the last 12 months
Monthly ev charging infrastructure mentions across all monitored UK councils, by meeting date. The current month is excluded while it is still in progress.
Most active councils
Leeds City Council in Yorkshire and the Humber is the most active authority on ev charging infrastructure, with 37 mentions across 37 monitored meetings — around 2% of all ev charging infrastructure discussion QuorumInsight has tracked. The council returned to the subject as recently as its “Leeds Budget 2026” meeting on 25 Feb 2026.
Leeds City Council (37 mentions) and City of York Council (35) are also notably active. The full list of leading councils is below — each links to its live intelligence profile.
| Council | Region | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Wokingham Borough Council | South East | 37 |
| Leeds City Council | Yorkshire and the Humber | 37 |
| City of York Council | Yorkshire and the Humber | 35 |
| Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council | South East | 32 |
| Central Bedfordshire Council | East of England | 31 |
| Northumberland County Council | North East | 29 |
| Waverley Borough Council | South East | 28 |
| South Cambridgeshire District Council | East of England | 25 |
| Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council | North West | 25 |
| Mid Suffolk District Council | East of England | 24 |
| Wiltshire Council | South West | 22 |
| Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council | East of England | 22 |
In councils’ own words
Recent meetings where ev charging infrastructure came up, with the relevant passage from the discussion. Each meeting links to the council’s intelligence profile.
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority · Transport and Skills Investment · 2 Oct 2026
““local electric vehicle charging infrastructure””
Aberdeenshire Council · Just Transition & Transport · 1 Oct 2026
“the migration and expansion of the public EV charging network”
Thurrock Council · Transport and Investment · 30 Sept 2026
“electric vehicle charging roll-out”
City of Wolverhampton Council · Climate, Skills & Housing · 30 Sept 2026
“looking at our car parks and other car parks, as well as rooftop solar, and ... EV charging points within those car parks”
South Gloucestershire Council · Parking and Service Pressures · 30 Sept 2026
“we're also introducing a system called Curbo Charge, where we're going to give residents the opportunity to charge their electric vehicles, if they have one, across the kerb on their local street”
Warwick District Council · Housing, Charging and Growth · 30 Sept 2026
“Charge points across the council's car parks began returning to service on a phased basis from August onwards.”
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