Decision details

Provision of electric vehicle charging points for the licensed taxi trade

Decision Maker: Portfolio Holder Decisions

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To approve electric vehicle charging points

Decision:

The Corporate Director Environment submitted a report asking the Neighbourhood Services and Community Safety Portfolio Holder to

 

·       approve the relocation of the taxi licencing electric vehicle charging point from the Garstang High Street car park to Thornton Little Theatre car park.

·       delegate authority to the Head of Environmental Health and Community Safety to relocate the proposed electric vehicle charging point at Wheatsheaf Way car park, Poulton to the Civic Centre car park in the event that the cost of installing the charging point on the former is financially unviable.

 

Decisions

 

The Neighbourhood Services and Community Safety Portfolio Holder gave approval for

 

·       taxi only charging points to be installed at Fleetwood’s Custom House Lane car park, Cleveleys’ Rough Lea Road car park, Thornton’s Little Theatre car park and in Poulton at either Wheatsheaf Way or the Civic Centre car park.

 

·       the Head of Environmental Health and Community Safety to approve a change in the location of the taxi only charging point in Poulton from Wheatsheaf Way car park to the Civic Centre car park if necessary owing to financial viability.

 

·       the charging point originally planned for Garstang’s High Street car park to be moved to Thornton’s Little Theatre car park owing to the level of existing provision within Garstang which has been assessed as sufficient.

Report author: Neil Greenwood

Publication date: 23/12/2020

Date of decision: 24/12/2020

Decided at meeting: 24/12/2020 - Portfolio Holder Decisions

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