The new rule affecting everyone in the UK with a driveway

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00:00New rules affecting everyone in the UK with a driveway have recently come into

00:04force. Drivers with an electric vehicle now no longer need to submit a planning

00:09application to install an EV charging point. The new rule, which only came into

00:13force on May 29th, also applies to public charging points and those at workplaces.

00:18The government says that its move to slash paperwork will make it much

00:22quicker and cheaper for EV drivers to install a private charging point and

00:26power up their cars at home. The change, it claims, will help more people save up

00:32to £1,100 a year by switching from a petrol or diesel car to an electric

00:36vehicle. Businesses will also be able to install new EV charging points faster and

00:41cheaper thanks to the relaxed planning rules, which it's hopeful to dramatically

00:45increase the number of sockets available to drivers across the country. The move

00:50comes after reports of planning permission for public charging points taking up to

00:53nine months to secure. The Department of Transport says there are now nearly 80,000

00:58public EV charging points available across the UK, with 3,000 added in April

01:02this year alone. It says EVs are getting cheaper all the time with two in five now

01:07priced under £20,000 and costing as little as 2p a mile to run. Most EVs also

01:13now have a range of nearly 300 miles, which is enough to get you from London to

01:17Newcastle on a single charge.