The NSW government is paving the way to make it easier to build electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the state.

The New South Wales Department of Planning has pulled the need for planning approvals to install electric vehicle chargers in carparks and depots, opening the door for the faster spread of the technology.

A lack of public charging infrastructure is holding back EV uptake, even though 90 per cent of drivers charge at home.

“The NSW Government is committed to showing leadership in the move to cleaner technologies and making it easier for electric car charging and battery exchanging stations to be built across the state is one of the ways in which we can do this,” Deputy Secretary for Policy and Strategy, Alison Frame said.

These latest developments are part of a wider series of changes to the state environmental planning policy and were driven by public feedback.