Electric Vehicles and Charging Points

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Electric vehicles are becoming more appealing in a world where reducing air pollution is a growing concern. Electric vehicles are better for the environment, giving us cleaner air in our town.

Ipswich Borough Council provides public Electric vehicle charging points in these car park locations:

Charging locations

Crown Car Park

27 x 22kw EV charging points (located on the Ground Floor, Level 2 and Level 4)
Plug in and pay with contactless at the charging point
Normal parking tariff applies
To use, simply plug the charging cable to your vehicle.
For more details, view the Crown Street car park information.
If you need any help with these EV Chargers, please contact the 24/7 Helpline number 0808 186 1851 to connect to an adviser who will help you with any queries in regard to EV Charging.

Elm Street Car Park

2 x 22kw EV charging points
Plug in and pay with contactless at the charging point
Or Park + Charge with MiPermit view the Park + Charge information.
To use, visit MiPermit or download the MiPermit app
Normal parking tariff applies
For more details, view the Elm Street Car Park information.
Important: If paying for Electric Vehicle Charging with a contactless payment card at the EV Vehicle Charger, it is important to ensure that the parking charge is also paid for your stay, for the whole of the time the vehicle is parked within the car park.

Upper Orwell Street North Car Park

3 x 22kw EV charging points
Plug in and pay with contactless at the charging point
Or Park + Charge with MiPermit view the Park + Charge information.
To use, visit MiPermit or download the MiPermit app
Normal parking tariff applies
For more details, view the Upper Orwell Street North Car Park information.
Important: If paying for Electric Vehicle Charging with a contactless payment card at the EV Vehicle Charger, it is important to ensure that the parking charge is also paid for your stay, for the whole of the time the vehicle is parked within the car park.

Park + Charge with MiPermit (EV)

You can now pay to park and charge your electric vehicle in one quick and easy transaction using the MiPermit app. MiPermit Park + Charge combines paying to charge your vehicle with our existing cashless payment parking app.

Park + Charge follows a similar process to paying for your parking, however there is now the option to pay to charge your vehicle at selected locations in Ipswich. You can also view whether a charging point is available to use or not by searching the MiPermit location number on the app.

Available locations

Ipswich is now using the MiPermit Park + Charge system.

The current EV charging points that use the MiPermit Park + Charge system are:

Elm Street Car Park (MiPermit Location Code: 754002)
Upper Orwell Street North Car Park (MiPermit Location Code: 754017)

How it works

Scan the NFC, QR code or app clip on the Charge Point or search the location code in the MiPermit app to start the charging process.
Enter your vehicle details and confirm that you would like to charge your electric vehicle.
Select what charge point you are using and how long you would like to Park + Charge.
Once you have successfully made the payment, the app will then connect to the Charging Point and you are ready to plug in your vehicle and start charging.
To stop your charging session and disconnect your vehicle, you will need to follow your vehicles stop charging process.
You will be charged for your Park + Charge session the following day.

For more information please visit the website view the Park + Charge information.

How much it costs

Park + Charge for £0.39 per kWh. Standard parking tariff rates will apply, and the maximum charge per charging point is 22kW.