Local Authorities

The gully is typically installed by an existing highways approved contractor of the local authority and so additional permits are not normally required.

A licence is granted to the resident to use the gully covering its maintenance, liability and ownership.

The gully can be owned by the Local Authority (adopted), by the resident or the cross-pavement supplier.

The resident’s licence is tied to the property and is transferred with property ownership.

The licence states that when selling the property the owner needs to tell the new owner of their responsibilities under the licence through their solicitor.escription

The licence specifies that the resident is responsible for cleaning the gully and using the gully in a correct manner (i.e. placing the cable property in the gully). This involves occasionally brushing off leaves and other debris. The gully is otherwise maintenance-free.

The resident must report any issue (such as incorrect operation or fault) they observe with the gully to us which we will repair within the guarantee period.

Charge Gully will repair or replace the gully during the guarantee period. We provide a 7-year guarantee for the channel and 2-year guarantee on labour.

The resident is required to lock the lid whenever the gully is left unattended removing any risk of trailing cable. The lid is self-shutting further minimising the trip risk.

The licence specifies that the resident is liable for any injury, damage or loss relating to its incorrect use.​ When purchasing the gully, the resident agrees to take a liability insurance cover protecting them against injury to third parties.

In case of defect due to vandalism, the channel lid can be swapped out or the channel taken out and replaced.

The resident instructs a council-approved contractor to remove the gully who reinstates the pavement as per original at the resident’s cost.

The average person only needs to charge their car once or twice a week.

In addition, longer EV cables (10m-15m) now exist allowing residents to charge their car from a space up or down the space fronting their house (note that this may be restricted if there are metal-cased street furniture in the vicinity due to the potential simultaneous-contact risk).

We have heard of positive stories of neighbours creating local Whatsapp groups to help coordinate parking spaces.

Residents can also share their chargers via apps like GoPlugable, so once a few residents in the neighbourhood do that, they will be able to use each other chargers if they are unable to use their own, and generate some revenue in the process.

As a last resort, the resident may need to use the good old local public charger.

This may not work for everyone and for areas where parking is particularly challenging, our solution may not be the best option.

When getting a gully, the resident agrees that its installation does not provide them the right to reserve a parking space on the public highway. The licence states that the resident shall not place any signs or any other obstruction restricting parking outside of their property or any other part of the adopted highway.

With gullies, you don’t loose street parking space like it is the case with dropped kerbs.

Yes there is generally no issue using gullies in Controlled Parking Zones as long as the residents can generally park in front of their house once or twice a week.

Note that the user agreement states that getting a gully does not entitle the resident to reserve the space in front of their house which remains part of the public highway.

Utility companies typically need to open the footway over a limited width to undertake work alongside the pavement and can undertake repairs to their assets located at depth by going below the gullies.

Where more significant works are required, the gullies can be taken out and reinstalled as per the original installation method.