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
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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
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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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