Annex A

Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA)

An integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) is published alongside this draft Vision Implementation Plan. It considers the impact of the ‘parent policies’ that have led the Scottish Government to publishing the Vision and this draft Vision Implementation Plan.

The IIA recognises that public charging infrastructure sits under the Scottish Government’s parent policies: updated Climate Change Plan, the National Planning Framework, our National Transport Strategy 2, as well as the Energy Strategy.

The IIA considers the impacts of the actions in this document which are the responsibility of the Scottish Government. In doing so it summarises the relevant existing impact assessments developed to inform the above policy areas that directly or indirectly support Scotland’s Vision for public EV charging infrastructure.

Future growth of the public EV charging network in Scotland will be led by the private sector. The Scottish Government’s key role will be in enabling this investment working in partnership with key stakeholders that share collective responsibility for delivering public EV charging.

We consider that the responsibility to lead on achieving themes one to four sits with stakeholder groups including public charge point operators, local authorities, and distribution network operators (DNOs). The Scottish Government will continue to monitor and support actions under all five of the Vision’s themes, with a particular emphasis on Scottish Government leadership on the actions under theme five (the Wider Sustainable Transport System). The IIA therefore focuses on Scottish Government actions under theme five of the Vision.