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:

• Albrighton, High Street (Crown Hotel) - 5 chargers

• Albrighton, High Street - 4 chargers

• Bridgnorth, Innage Lane - 12 chargers

• Bridgnorth, Listley Street North - 6 chargers

• Broseley, Bridgnorth Road - 8 chargers

• Broseley, Dark Lane - 5 chargers

• Church Stretton, Easthope - 4 chargers

• Church Stretton, Essex Road - 4 chargers

• Cleobury Mortimer, Childe Road West car park - 6 chargers

• Cleobury Mortimer, Childe Road (East) - 6 chargers

• Clun, High Street - 4 chargers

• Craven Arms, Corvedale Road - 8 chargers

• Gobowen, Rail Station - 10 chargers

• Highley, High Street - 8 chargers

• Highley, Woodhill Rd - 8 chargers

• Ludlow, Broad Street - 8 chargers

• Ludlow, Corve Street - 4 chargers

• Ludlow, Galdeford Zone A - 8 chargers

• Market Drayton, Frogmore Road - 8 chargers

• Much Wenlock, Falcons Court Car Park - 6 chargers

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

• Oswestry, Wat's Drive - 8 chargers

• Oswestry, Lloyd Street - 8 chargers

• Oswestry, Edward Street - 8 chargers

• Prees, Church Street - 6 chargers

• Shifnal, Aston Street Car Park - 10 chargers

• Shifnal, Broadway - 8 chargers

• Shifnal, Victoria Road - 6 chargers

• Shrewsbury, Bainbridge Green - 6 chargers

• Shrewsbury, Copthorne Road - 6 chargers

• Shrewsbury, New Park Road - 7 chargers

• Shrewsbury, Bishop Street - 6 chargers

• Shrewsbury, Abbey Foregate - 8 chargers

• Wem, Mill Street Car Park - 6 chargers

• Wem, Aston Street Car Park - 10 chargers

• Whitchurch, George Street - 4 chargers

• Whitchurch, Castle Hill - 6 chargers

• Whitchurch, Newtown - 6 chargers

• Whitchurch, Sherrymill Hill - 6 chargers

• Whitchurch, St John’s Street - 8 chargers

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