Zoopla joined the Electric Streets of Britain campaign in July 2025, launching services across its web and app platforms to help drivers moving home find properties with accessible charging1. The campaign is run by Vauxhall and was first launched in August 20231.
The Zoopla features are described as an industry-first collaboration, providing information on the EV charging credentials of homes listed on its online services and how far a property is from the closest public charger1. The announcement was reported by Cenex, the Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies, which partners with Vauxhall on research into charging infrastructure1.
"Last month, Vauxhall welcomed leading property website Zoopla into the Electric Streets of Britain campaign, launching services across its web and app platforms"
The campaign invites drivers to register the need for on-street charging through a national database at electricstreets.co.uk, with requests shared with partners char.gy, Connected Kerb and SureCharge and made available to councils through the NEVIS service1. Over 12,500 streets across the UK have been registered since the campaign launched1. Vauxhall introduced the campaign with particular consideration for the 40% of UK households who do not have a driveway1.
Separate research by Vauxhall and Cenex, published in September 2025, found that 22.9% of UK households are now within a four-minute walk of a near home charger, up from 19.6% in 2024, equivalent to 300,000 more households with access1. The number of public charge points in the UK has risen by 56% since the end of 2023 to over 84,000 devices, though 30% of these are in London1. Approximately 110,000 new near-home chargers are required to hit projected electric vehicle demand for 2030, according to Vauxhall and Cenex1.
| Local authority | Region | Coverage August 2024 (%) | Coverage August 2025 (%) | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isles of Scilly | South & East | 0.0 | 65.9 | 65.9 |
| Redbridge | London | 21.6 | 60.7 | 39.1 |
| Middlesbrough | North & Yorks | 6.9 | 35.9 | 29.0 |
| Wrexham | Wales | 2.1 | 28.2 | 26.1 |
| Newham | London | 44.3 | 68.9 | 24.7 |
Source: Vauxhall and Cenex, source1
Why it matters for households
For a household without a driveway, the practical question when buying or renting is whether charging is possible at or near the home. The Zoopla features put two pieces of that information in front of buyers and renters: the charging credentials of the property itself and the distance to the nearest public charger1. That matters for home charging arrangements, because a property with off-street parking can support a dedicated charge point while a flat or terraced house may depend on the street.
The wider figures show uneven progress. Coverage has grown, but 243 councils across Great Britain have low coverage of accessible chargers relative to the number of electric vehicles in the area, and rural areas, especially in Wales, Scotland and the East, lag behind on motorway charging access1. Only two-thirds of the additional infrastructure needed to keep pace with electric vehicles was deployed in the past 12 months1. For households relying on public charging, accessibility standards such as PAS 1899 and the VAT difference between home and public charging remain part of the cost and usability picture.
What happens next
England's LEVI Fund and Scotland's Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund estimate that at least 106,000 chargers will be deployed between them1. The number of councils with a dedicated policy officer for EV charging has risen from 31% in 2023 to 51% in 2025, and 44% of councils say they had installed at least one on-street charger by August 2025, compared with 31% in 20231. No further dates for the Zoopla features have been reported.