Could your Redcar and Cleveland site earn from EV charging?

Redcar and Cleveland had 143 public chargers on 1 July 2026 [S1]. A later council update reports further local rollout, so check competing locations before investing. Your parking duration, electricity supply and repeat users matter more than the borough total. Compare the annual host income from fully funded charging with the investment risk of other models. Checked October 2026.

Last checked 17 October 2026

What does the latest rollout mean for your car park?

The council’s September 2026 update reports live rapid charging at Fountain Street East in Guisborough and installations in Eston, Brotton, Skelton, Loftus and Redcar. It identifies Saltburn, Kirkleatham and Carlin How as locations still to come. That announcement follows the statistical snapshot below; do not add it to the total without checking which devices the dataset already includes. [S3]

For your Eston premises or Redcar business, inspect alternatives on the route into your car park. Record their opening hours, parking charges and occupied bays. Nearby installations are a reason to test your offer carefully, rather than evidence that your site will attract paying sessions.

Separate visitor charging from employee charging. A pub or café can record customer stays; an office can survey repeat commuting needs. Count observed demand before reserving spaces. Use the Middlesbrough workplace charging example to compare employee demand with your visitor assumptions.

How does Redcar and Cleveland compare with the North East?

The Department for Transport snapshot for 1 July 2026 records 143 public chargers, of which 33 are rapid. [S1]

Regional and national rates are approximate calculations from the council dataset. Population for each council is inferred as charger count ÷ published density × 100,000. Sum those populations and counts before dividing; do not average the council rates. Rounded inputs limit precision. [S1] Explore the North East context.

In 2026 Q2, the borough had 2,862 plug-in vehicles, including 1,996 battery electric vehicles and 2,261 privately kept plug-ins. The overlapping categories should not be added. Keeper-address counts indicate local ownership, rather than the number of vehicles passing your entrance. [S2]

What could a modest workplace installation cost and earn?

Consider a workplace starting with a single alternating current (AC) charger. Kilowatts (kW) describe power; kilowatt-hours (kWh) describe delivered energy. This is an illustration, not a quote.

Groundworks, cable runs and connection costs are extra to the charger range. The allowances above are placeholders, not a surveyed scope. The commercial references explain equipment and wider installation costs. [S8], [S9]

Sales = sessions/day × 250 × 14 × £0.45. Operating surplus = sessions/day × 250 × 14 × (£0.45 − £0.25) − £300. Host income for fully funded charging is sales × 10%, rounded to pounds, with energy and upkeep paid by the provider. It funds, installs, owns and operates the equipment; you supply the space.

Part funded means £1,500–£2,050 from you and an assumed 60% surplus share, with ownership negotiated. Self funded means paying the whole capital cost and retaining the surplus. Return on investment (ROI) is annual host net ÷ host investment × 100; payback is investment ÷ annual net.

The long low-use payback is a warning about weak demand, not a useful equipment-life forecast. These calculations exclude tax, grants, finance, losses, payment fees, standing charges, rates and replacement. Include them in your income and payback calculation.

Which supply, grant and contract checks come first?

Use Northern Powergrid’s licence-area map to identify the distribution network operator (DNO) serving the area, then confirm your premises and capacity. A map boundary cannot establish the headroom at your meter. [S4]

The Workplace Charging Scheme offers eligible applicants up to 75% of purchase and installation cost, capped at £500 per socket and 40 sockets across their sites, until 31 March 2027. Obtain the voucher before installation; do not treat general customer charging as automatically eligible. [S5]

Ask the council to review the proposed layout for planning constraints. Walk the accessible route and measure the ordinary parking displaced. Before signing, have your solicitor examine lease length, liability, insurance, redevelopment, removal and exit terms. Ask who takes responsibility for business rates; price that allocation before accepting a revenue share.

Tax relief changes the investment calculation, not sales; check qualifying expenditure with your accountant. [S6] Customer access can trigger public charging duties; agree operator responsibilities with your solicitor. [S7]

Next step for your site

Prepare a bay plan, demand observations and your electricity bill, then get matched with an installer that covers your area.

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