Where could a Borehamwood business add useful EV charging?

Hertsmere's public network does not tell you whether your Borehamwood workplace has suitable charging nearby. The council snapshot contains 252 public chargers [S5]. Compare local parking hours and staff demand before buying equipment or signing a host agreement. The office example shows how annual income and payback change across assumed usage levels. Checked October 2026.

Last checked 17 October 2026

What do Hertsmere’s charger numbers mean for Borehamwood?

Hertsmere had 252 public chargers, including 163 rapid chargers, at 1 July 2026 [S5]. Start with the Hertsmere council assessment and East of England context, then examine provision around your premises.

The supplied population aggregation puts 39,760 residents in Borehamwood’s ONS built-up area, approximately 36% of Hertsmere’s population [S2], [S3]. That does not mean the town needs the same percentage of the borough’s chargers. Staff parking, business visitors and customers create different demand from resident headcount.

Hertsmere’s development-order page describes studio production offices and workshops at the Elstree studio site, and warehouses with parking at Panattoni Park off Elstree Way [S11]. Those uses suggest distinct surveys: ask an office about all-day staff stays and a depot about vehicle departure deadlines. These are candidate uses, not confirmed leads or evidence of spare electrical supply.

What public charging is listed inside the town?

The settlement snapshot records 10 sites, 26 devices and 6 rapid sites listed on Open Charge Map [S1]. The calculation count ÷ 39,760 × 10,000 produces rounded densities of 2.5 sites and 6.5 devices [S1], [S2]. The boundary comes from ONS settlement geography [S3], rather than the whole borough.

Open Charge Map is community-maintained, lists fewer points than DfT’s council series, and is not an official town total. It may omit installations or contain stale access details. Hertsmere separately lists four 7 kW charging points at its Civic Offices car park on Elstree Way, with access around the clock [S12]. Check that specific alternative before deciding that your workplace needs public-facing bays.

Does A5135 traffic translate into workplace demand?

The busiest counted major road in the supplied extract is the A5135: 20,642 vehicles a day in 2025 [S4]. Road flow does not establish how many drivers can turn into your car park, park safely and remain to charge.

For a studio-support office, collect staff mileage, parking duration and willingness to pay. For a distribution site, ask which vehicles must leave charged and when. Use the charger sizer to turn those answers into a proposed load. Obtain a distribution network operator (DNO) capacity assessment; include accessible bays, delivery routes and a planning check in the site design.

What could an office earn under each funding model?

Consider a studio-support office with one alternating-current (AC) socket. Power is measured in kilowatts (kW); energy in kilowatt hours (kWh). This is an illustration, not a quote, with assumed operating values.

Groundworks, cabling and connection are additional; compare installation scope carefully [S8]. Assume recoverable VAT, no grant, and sufficient existing capacity. Figures exclude tax, financing, losses, payment fees, business rates, insurance and replacement; include these in a decision budget.

Mid-case energy = 1 × 14 × 250 = 3,500 kWh; net = 3,500 × (£0.45 − £0.25) − £400 = £300. Multiply £1,575 sales by 10% for fully funded income. Part funded host capital is £700–£1,250 and net is halved. Return on investment (ROI) = net ÷ capital × 100; years to repay = capital ÷ positive net.

The negative low case shows why usage matters. Agree who bears losses under part funded terms. A fully funded provider owns and operates the equipment; record lease length, liability, exit rights, rates and reinstatement obligations with your solicitor. Compare workplace models and redo the income calculation with your surveyed costs.

Which grant and tax rules should you check?

Eligible WCS applicants can receive up to £500 per socket; the scheme ends on 31 March 2027 [S6]. Check eligibility before including a grant in an offer.

A 100% first-year allowance applies to qualifying chargepoint spending [S10]; check with your accountant. Public charging prices must be shown in pence per kWh [S9]. Have your solicitor confirm obligations for your intended access arrangements.

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