BPA News Updates and information from the BPA team BPA launches new Car Park Audit Report Have your say The government wants to hear your views on electric vehicle (EV) charging including regulations on non-residential and residential EV charge points and the smart technology around it. EV charging is a topic that is never far from members lips; it is both an opportunity and a challenge to ensure careful planning of the many issues involved. This is our chance to feed into this process, so please do send us your views on these consultations. The BPA has launched the Car Park Audit Report to its Approved Operator Scheme (AOS) members, in response to demand for detailed feedback after mystery shop car park visits from the BPAs auditors. The initiative allows members to take control by requesting a specific car park visit, from which they will receive detailed feedback on the condition and operation of the facility. The audit will measure performance against specific clauses within the BPAs Code of Practice. This will cover all aspects of signage from size, to terms and conditions, position of signs and best practice guidance. Also included is surface area condition including lines, bay markings and directional signs. Against each clause, the auditor will give detailed feedback with a pass or fail final assessment, and photographs of entrance signs and car park signage will be included. Operators can choose to audit a single car park or multiple sites, depending on requirements. Each car park report is valid for two years. We are constantly looking to improve standards and the image of private parking. The Car Park Audit Report has the potential to do both, said Steve Clark, head of operational services. The amount of detail it includes can demonstrate high standards currently in place, or be used as evidence to show a car park has improved. The report is a vital communication tool to motorists and landowners of our members professionalism. The Car Park Audit Report has been launched at an introductory flat rate of 90 per report. For more information, visit britishparking.co.uk/Audit-Report or call the AOS team on 01444 447307. Electric vehicle charge points in residential and non-residential buildings This consultation proposes to: 1. Alter building regulations for new: residential buildings to include requirements for EV charge points non-residential buildings to include requirements for EV charge point infrastructure 2. Introduce requirement for existing non-residential buildings to have EV charge points Electric vehicle smart charging This consultation proposes EV charge point smart technology regulation that would require EV charge points sold or installed in the UK to have smart charging functionality included. It also asks: what is needed to implement a long-term solution for EV charging? how could charge point data be used to help improve electricity network planning? Please email your views by 16 September to consultations@britishparking.co.uk Pen a parking parable Applications for the Ernest Davies Award for Advancing Parking Knowledge are now open. We welcome any written submissions related to the parking profession, so if you have a creative mind and a passion for parking, put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) and enter now. Your copy can be thought-provoking, fun, or emotive: its your chance to be as imaginative as you like. The judges are looking forward to receiving submissions from both long-standing members and newcomers. As well as the award for the winner, two runners-up will also receive prizes. Send your stories, case studies, poems and words of wisdom by 30 September to sarah.g@britishparking.co.uk For more information on how to enter, the prizes and eligibility criteria, go to britishparking.co.uk/Ernest-DaviesAward 42 britishparking.co.uk PN Sep19 pp42-43 BPA News.indd 42 22/08/2019 12:20