Tesla bid to install 32 ultra-rapid EV charging points in Birstall approved
A planning application to install ultra-rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging points in Birstall has been approved.
The proposal, submitted by Tesla Motors Ltd, sought permission to install 32 charging points on land at Gelderd Road, near Birstall Retail Park.
The site is located close to Junction 27 of the M62.
The proposal said the charging points would be ultra-rapid (150kW+), and included supercharger equipment cabinets, substation infrastructure, hard and soft landscaping, a customer amenity block, solar canopies and a connecting customer stairwell to Birstall Retail Park.
An existing single-storey building on the site is described as vacant.
A document submitted alongside the application described Birstall Retail Park as currently “undersupplied” by EV charging infrastructure.
It added that the location of the charging hub makes it “ideally placed to serve both through-traffic and local demand.”
The full planning application can be viewed on Kirklees Council’s planning portal, by searching the application number: 2025/62/91965/E