Revealed: The 40 streets in Shropshire set to get electric vehicle charging points

Earlier this month the council announced it had been given more than £900,000 to install electric car charging points across the county.

A meeting next week will be told the local authority wants to install 270 charging points in communities large and small as fast as possible for contractual reasons.

Sales of new petrol and diesel cars are set to be banned in 2030 and sales of electric vehicles are expected to take off.

The council's cabinet meeting on November 9 will hear that areas have been chosen based on a number of factors including the number of residents without access to off-street parking and the availability of existing EV chargepoint installations.

The list of sites reads like an A to W of places in Shropshire, including Albrighton, Shrewsbury, Church Stretton, Clun and Whitchurch.

Among the streets due to get most charging points are 12 in Innage Lane, Bridgnorth; 10 at Gobowen Railway Station; 10 at Aston Street car park, in Shifnal; and 10 at Aston Street car park, in Wem.

The council is working with its charge point operator, Connected Kerb, to use the £902,940 to bring the number of charging points in the county up to 320, across 45 locations.

The chargers will be installed at:

1. Albrighton, High Street (Crown Hotel) - 5 chargers

2. Albrighton, High Street - 4 chargers

3. Bridgnorth, Innage Lane - 12 chargers

4. Bridgnorth, Listley Street North - 6 chargers

5. Broseley, Bridgnorth Road - 8 chargers

6. Broseley, Dark Lane - 5 chargers

7. Church Stretton, Easthope - 4 chargers

8. Church Stretton, Essex Road - 4 chargers

9. Cleobury Mortimer, Childe Road West car park - 6 chargers

10. Cleobury Mortimer, Childe Road (East) - 6 chargers

11. Clun, High Street - 4 chargers

12. Craven Arms, Corvedale Road - 8 chargers

13. Gobowen, Rail Station - 10 chargers

14. Highley, High Street - 8 chargers

15. Highley, Woodhill Rd - 8 chargers

16. Ludlow, Broad Street - 8 chargers

17. Ludlow, Corve Street - 4 chargers

18. Ludlow, Galdeford Zone A - 8 chargers

19. Market Drayton, Frogmore Road - 8 chargers

20. Much Wenlock, Falcons Court Car Park - 6 chargers

21. Much Wenlock, St Mary’s Lane Car Park - 6 chargers

22. Oswestry, Wat's Drive - 8 chargers

23. Oswestry, Lloyd Street - 8 chargers

24. Oswestry, Edward Street - 8 chargers

25. Prees, Church Street - 6 chargers

26. Shifnal, Aston Street Car Park - 10 chargers

27. Shifnal, Broadway - 8 chargers

28. Shifnal, Victoria Road - 6 chargers

29. Shrewsbury, Bainbridge Green - 6 chargers

30. Shrewsbury, Copthorne Road - 6 chargers

31. Shrewsbury, New Park Road - 7 chargers

32. Shrewsbury, Bishop Street - 6 chargers

33. Shrewsbury, Abbey Foregate - 8 chargers

34. Wem, Mill Street Car Park - 6 chargers

35. Wem, Aston Street Car Park - 10 chargers

36. Whitchurch, George Street - 4 chargers

37. Whitchurch, Castle Hill - 6 chargers

38. Whitchurch, Newtown - 6 chargers

39. Whitchurch, Sherrymill Hill - 6 chargers

40. Whitchurch, St John’s Street - 8 chargers

The full details are at shropshire.gov.uk/committee-services/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=130&MId=4597