Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
New EV parking charges WILL affect residents - more than doubling charging costs
Further to this thread, I have finally received a response from Cllr Cunningham (via Cllr Abela) regarding the proposal by Haringey Council to introduce new parking charges for users of EV charging bays in the borough - and she has confirmed that it WILL include local residents who will be required to pay the additional parking charges on top of their usual resident’s permit for the area, as well as the costs of charging (which are currently advertised by Total Energies as being inclusive of the cost of parking).
This will more than double the cost of a 5-hour charging session (a full charge for an average EV) - from £16.80 (based on the residents’ rate of 48p/kWh and a 7kW charging speed) to £34.95 (including 5 hours’ parking at £3.63 per hour). I’m sure for most this will make the cost of charging locally entirely unaffordable - driving them either to charge further afield (eg at petrol stations where the costs are higher albeit cheaper than what Haringey is planning) or to give up their electric cars entirely.
The consultation document was very unclear as to whether the is new charge would apply to residents - as such I believe making the consultation on this aspect unfair (and of course the visitor parking permit issues rightly took centre stage in the consultation anyway). However it is not clear that there is any recourse to further action at this point, leaving me and no doubt all EV owners locally in an impossible situation.
If anyone else feels concerned by this, I would urge you to email your local councillor and Ann Cunningham, Head of Highways and Parking (Ann.Cunningham@haringey.gov.uk) to raise your concerns and please share this information with others who might be interested, as it doesn’t seem to be widely known.
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Permalink Reply by Omar on
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I've been sharing it as much as I can, posted to a few local FB groups, but you get people who's main argument is 'why should EV's get free parking'. So there is definitely misinformation out there. But on the flip side a few people have explained that it's not actually 'free' parking and how processes exist if you overstay in a bay
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Absolutely. And I have no particular issue with non-residents being charged for parking while charging as they’d pay for parking anywhere else (and this is what most boroughs do) - the issue is with residents who are already paying for parking in their zone by way of a permit, and who stand to be double-charged. But I agree, for whatever reason there’s a lot of anti-EV sentiment out there!
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Permalink Reply by Rich on
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My next step is to attend my local councillors surgery. Looks like he was the driving force behind getting a cash injection of £1.25m from the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure which is adding more charging points than the council is making unviable with these changes.
https://www.haringey.gov.uk/news/20250423/over-ps1m-boost-electric-...
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You can’t make it up…!
Good point re the surgery - I’d planned to attend the last one but couldn’t make it, so aiming to go next time.
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This is just a risible policy. I've emailed the Cllr but unsurprisingly no response: it's indefensible.
For the amount I drive, which I suspect is not far off an average EV driver who doesn't use it for business commuting (=365 miles per month), and without my own driveway, this is going to add £208 to my annual charging bill. Or another way of putting it, instead of a £45 annual resident's permit for a battery EV, I now have the privilege of paying £253 for my permit. More than my previous diesel car that I sold to try and save the environment! What a joke.
I also can't see that I was consulted in any way. The meeting minutes of the public consultation suggest that c. 40,000 permit holders were contacted by e-mail, but no e-mail for me - I wonder how many others didn't get an email. Neither the minutes nor the original consultation documents suggest the charges would be imposed on residents within their permit area either - I'm guessing for the obvious reason that such imposition is indefensible.
This is a cash grab by the council, plain and simple. A legally dubious one by the looks of it too. Instead of giving Haringey a penny though, I'll just be forced to use forecourt charging. Without the Haringey parking levy, garages will now be slightly cheaper overall than using the on-street chargers provided in my area mainly by Total Energies. They will be the big losers (as well as residents who try to do the right environmental thing of course).
What's the bet that they make gully-charging prohibitively expensive when the Kerbo charging trial ends?!
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(The maths btw for previous comment are as follows:
Assumes using a 22kW on-street charger from Total Energies to charge 70kW (i.e. take me from 10-80% charge) approximately 1.5x per month, i.e. c. 3.18 hours at £3.63 extra per hour 1.5x per month = £208 for the year.
Obviously more expensive the slower the charging speed is, but my two local charges are 22kW. More expensive of course for users who drive more / need to charge more.)
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Entirely agree with all your points! And still no good response from the council as far as I know (certainly not to me - their self-imposed deadline to respond was the 8th May and nothing yet…)
NB just to add to your maths that a lot of cars can’t charge at 22kW (mine can’t - Peugeots can only do max 7kW charging through the type two cable) so for many of us the parking charges will be a lot more due to slower charging times… 😔
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I've been trying to chase the council for clarification & received the following - SO my understanding is they can see it's a terrible idea, but will go ahead with it anyway...I've asked for further clarification & will update if I get anything.
I’ve received an interim update from Cllr Chandwani, who advised that our lead information officer in the resident experience team recently response to a similar enquiry, which I have enclosed below for your information. However, Cllr Peray Ahmet, Cllr Seema Chandwani and Cllr Mike Hakata recognised that this doesn’t present the best outcome for residents with EV vehicles. Currently the Transport Team is developing an EV strategy, including proposals to lessen the impact on EV-owning residents, but is yet to be consulted upon. Whilst these proposals are in the early stages, we hope to be able to provide a further update soon.
There are currently no plans to exempt residential permit holders from this new charge. Residential parking permits are intended to allow residents to park near their homes and this does extend to parking in shared use parking bays that allows those permits holders to park commercial areas or near other places on interest.
Other measures are being introduced to support Electric Vehicle owners, such as the new parking permit charge band and the forthcoming trial of EV footway charging channels, which if successful would allow residents to charge their vehicle from their home. Recent consultation on the Haringey Kerbside Strategy also sought feedback on resident priorities and concerns around aspects of kerbside space, which may include EV charging.
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Interesting… and frustrating!! I’ve recently emailed Mike Hakata on this so it’s good to hear he’s on board albeit apparently as yet unable to change the parking team’s mind…
The one positive currently is that - whether due to delays in changing the signage or the wider debate about this strategy within the council - the new charges aren’t in place yet (they can’t be until they’re on the signs) so at least we’ve got a reprieve for now!
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In my reply to them, I did mention something similar about how there is no sense in changing the signs, the TMOs etc until the proposed discussions take place. As it would cost to install new signs & cost again to remove them. Hopefully they take that on board before making their decision
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Don’t understand the Penultimate paragraph. Maybe it’s just bad English, but what is the supposed justification?
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I don’t think there is one there… presumably they’re trying to say that this is not what resident permits are for, but they’re completely missing the point of course! Realistically the only justification for this decision is a cash grab (at the expense of their climate strategy!!)
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