West Sussex Chargepoint Network Community Landowners

Connected Kerb, West Sussex County Council, Adur and Worthing District Councils, Arun District Council, Crawley Borough Council, Horsham District Council, Chichester District Council, and Mid Sussex District Council have formed a partnership to provide a new chargepoint network across West Sussex.

Together the partners are working together to install thousands of chargepoints across the county within the next ten years, forming the new West Sussex Chargepoint Network. This ambitious scheme will give West Sussex residents the confidence to go electric in time for the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles in 2030.

Connected Kerb are one of the UK’s leading charging point providers, delivering future-proof, cost-effective and sustainable EV charging solutions for the public sector, developers, fleets, workplaces, car parks and other organisations to help accelerate the transition to EVs for all. Its unique solution combines power and data at the kerb to deliver user-friendly and reliable charging and provide the foundation for connected cities and communities. 

Connected Kerb will inform you at several stages throughout the process. We will work with the community landowners to assess suitability of your site by understanding the site details and carrying out site visits. We will then inform you of the final decision after the assessment.

Once the community landowners have registered their interest via the form, Connected Kerb will review the form and the community landowners will be informed of the first stage decision within 8 weeks.

If successful, the site evaluation template will be sent to the community landowners for further site details.

Upon return of the template, a site visit will be arranged with the community landowners and further assessment on power and infrastructure location will be carried out.

After the assessment, the community landowners will be informed on the final decision and further consulted on the timing of the project.

The contract with Connected Kerb is a 100% concession contract, meaning that West Sussex County Council and other partners are not required to contribute any funding towards this project. Where there are national grant schemes for chargepoint installations, the partnership will aim to utilise these where applicable.  

The partnership will be installing charging points over the next 5 to 10 years with sites being assessed and prioritised depending on their feasibility and demand.

Once all assessments have been completed, and a site is deemed as suitable, we will also provide information for when installation is likely to take place.

Multiple factors influence the feasibility of a site, such as:

• 24/7 accessibility to allow charging.
• 24/7 site accessibility for maintenance.
• Good mobile signal to start/stop the charging sessions using the Connected Kerb app.
• Dedicated parking spaces with adequate conditions (well lit area, adequate space to park, flat ground conditions, etc.).
• Adequate capacity for power supply from the grid or building.

Connected Kerb will carry out a site survey with the community landowners during our assessment to determine the best solution for the electricity supply.

There are two options.

• Option 1 - We will connect the chargepoints to the electrical supply of the building with a new separate meter if there’s sufficient capacity.
• Option 2 – We will connect the chargepoints to the separate metered supply from the DNO grid.

Connected Kerb will use their knowledge of charging behaviour and professional expertise to assess how many chargepoints and which speed will be best suited for each site with speed ranging from 7kW to 22kW and 50kW. This information will be included in the proposal submitted to the landowner. The landowner can then decide if they wish to proceed or withdraw.

All chargepoints will have a customer support number clearly written on them for people to report an issue and receive help 24hrs a day 7 days a week. Customer support teams will assist users, and most problems encountered can be fixed remotely. If this is not the case engineers will be sent to the site to fix the problem, and the Connected Kerb app, and Zapmap updated to make it clear that the chargepoint is temporarily unavailable.

There is no cost to join the partnership.

Landowners may contribute additional funding but should be aware that the ownership of the chargepoint remains with Connected Kerb, and the revenue share calculation will remain the same as defined in the contract. Landowner funding will also not guarantee that the chargepoint is delivered more quickly than it would have been otherwise.

You will need to provide an appropriate nominated contact to work with Connected Kerb to facilitate delivery on your land. This is likely to include being present for site visits, agreeing locations for chargepoint installations; signing off final documents on location; facilitating car park use during installation work; facilitating the signing of the necessary lease and legal paperwork.

The revenue share will be distributed in proportion to the number of chargepoint sockets on each landowner’s property, regardless of the performance of the chargepoint on an individual landowner’s property.

Or as a calculation:

Total revenue return for the whole network / Number of chargepoint sockets across the network x Number of chargepoint sockets on landowner’s property.

Because your return is influenced not only by the chargepoints on your land, but across the whole network, at this stage, it is not possible to estimate the revenue return to partners. The return will depend on the utilisation of chargepoints, number of chargepoints on a partner’s land and number of operational chargepoints across the whole network.

Although a small revenue return can be anticipated, the primary benefit of the offer is the zero cost for installation and maintenance.

Payment will be made annually by West Sussex County Council.

Organisations will have to sign a contract access agreement. This will be shared with the landowner after the site has been assessed.

The contract, lease and associated documents will be shared with organisations once their site has been approved by Connected Kerb for a chargepoint. There is no obligation to agree to the proposals by Connected Kerb, and an organisation is not legally bound to the contract until the contract has been signed.

The landowner will need to enter into a lease with Connected Kerb. A template lease has been prepared which is being used by the county, district and borough councils. This template will be shared with the landowner after the site has been assessed.

It is the responsibility of the landowner to enforce any dedicated bays on their land. The chargepoints, and the systems supporting them can notify users if they overstay, and have the capability to issue fines. It is not the intention to enable this technology initially, but it can be explored if there are repeated issues that need managing.

The landowner will be liable for relocation or compensation costs to Connected Kerb. The formula to calculate these costs is included in the lease document.