Issue - meetings

(Relevant Portfolio Holder: Councillor J. Wilkie and Councillor D. Evans)

Consideration was given to the report of the Corporate Director of Place & Community, which sought approval to deliver 32 new electric vehicle charge points (EVCPs) in Ormskirk and Skelmersdale, utilising funding from the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) and working in partnership with an electric vehicle charge point provider, BP Chargemaster Ltd.

In reaching the decision below, Cabinet considered the details as set out in the report before it and the reasons contained therein.

RESOLVED:   A.   That a bid to the On-Street Residential Charge Point Scheme (ORCS) be submitted to OLEV, to secure funding for Electric Vehicle Charge Point (EVCP) provisions in West Lancashire.

B.   That, if successful in the OLEV application, the Council work in partnership with BP Chargemaster Ltd to install 16 dual charge points at four selected sites, prior to the 31^st March 2021 deadline.