SIX electric vehicle charging points will be installed outside Dobbies Garden Centre in Dunfermline.
Gridserve Sustainable Energy Ltd got the go-ahead from Fife Council to add them to the car park at Whimbrel Place, Fife Leisure Park.
It means there will be a total of 12 bays for charging electric vehicles at the store.
The company said it would like to expand the local charging network in an effort to help Scotland reach its 2030 climate targets.
In November 2020, the UK Government announced its plans to halt the sale of petrol and diesel cars in the UK by 2030.
“However, a widely recognised hurdle for fleet operators to move to 100 per cent electric vehicles is the fact that there is an insufficient fast and rapid charging infrastructure network available,” a planning statement said.
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“EV charging facilities are essential for the transition in environmentally sustainable behaviour to meet the net carbon zero targets.”
Gridserve would partly repurpose some of the existing car park and partly regrade a grass bank to create the new charging bays.
Only four existing parking spaces will be lost.
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