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Electric Vehicle Charging Grants

EV Chargepoint Grants for homes and businesses in the UK

There are a number of helpful government schemes available that help reduce the cost of EV chargepoint installation for homeowners and businesses. The government offers grants to support the wider use of electric and hybrid vehicles via the Office of Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV).

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Engineer connecting an EV charger to a car

Up to £350 per socket · 40 sockets

Workplace Charging Scheme

The Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) uses a voucher-based system. The WCS reduces the cost of EV charging point installation for businesses by up to 75%, providing funding of up to £350 per charging point. The maximum number of charging points that can be claimed under this scheme is 20 doubles or 40 singles.

Have off-street parking at your business premises
Be able to clarify why your business needs EV charging points
Have the chargepoints installed by an authorised installer

How the voucher works. You apply for a voucher code from OZEV (we do this for you). The voucher is valid for 6 months and is redeemed once we install the chargers and submit the evidence pack — you never handle the cash.

Eligibility check. Sole traders, partnerships, limited companies, registered charities, public-sector bodies and SMEs all qualify. The site must have dedicated off-street parking and you must be able to demonstrate a real operational need (employee EVs, fleet, or visitor charging).

What's covered. Up to £350 per socket × 40 sockets = up to £14,000 per applicant. You can split across multiple sites. Both single and twin sockets count toward the cap.

Timeline. Voucher issued within 5 working days of application. We aim to install within 4–6 weeks of voucher issue.

Driver plugging in an electric car at home

Up to £350 per socket

EV Chargepoint Grant for Landlords (Residential and Commercial)

The EV chargepoint grant for landlords is for residential or commercial parking spaces. To apply you must be a landlord or other entity that rents, leases or manages properties in the UK. The grant covers up to 75% of the cost to buy and install a chargepoint socket, limited to £350 per grant. Some chargepoints may have more than one socket.

Up to 200 grants per financial year for residential properties
Up to 100 grants per financial year for commercial properties
Across multiple properties or for a single building — administered by OZEV

Who qualifies. Anyone letting residential or commercial property in the UK — private landlords, housing associations, letting agents acting on behalf of an owner, and commercial landlords/managing agents. Companies with House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) licences are explicitly included.

What you can claim. Up to £350 per socket. Up to 200 residential grants and 100 commercial grants per landlord per financial year. You can claim across an unlimited number of properties.

Why it's worth it. A property with EV charging now commands roughly 5–8% higher rent in most UK markets and lets faster — Rightmove data shows EV-ready listings stay on the market 11 days less on average.

Electric vehicle parked at a residential charger

Up to £350 (or 75% of cost)

EV Chargepoint Grant for Flats and Rentals

There is also an EV charging grant for those who own or rent a flat. You can get either £350 or 75% off the cost to buy and install a socket, whichever amount is lower.

You own and live in a flat, or you rent any residential property
Your home has its own private off-street parking space
You own an OZEV-approved eligible vehicle

If you own a flat. You qualify provided the flat has its own private off-street parking space (allocated bay, garage or driveway). You don't need freeholder consent for a wall-mounted charger on land you own, but you do need consent on shared land — we help with the request letter.

If you rent. Houses, flats or maisonettes — you still qualify, but you'll need written permission from your landlord. Most landlords say yes once they realise they can stack their own £350 landlord grant on top (see grant above).

Vehicle eligibility. Any pure-EV or PHEV with at least 70 miles of zero-emission range qualifies. Most UK EVs since 2018 are on OZEV's eligible list — we check before quoting.

Residential car park fitted with EV chargers

Up to £30,000 per building

EV Chargepoint Grant for Residential Car Parks

The government wants to help businesses and organisations who rent, lease or manage residential properties install EV charging points in their car parks. The DVLA administers the grant on behalf of OZEV. You can claim up to £30,000 or 75% of the installation cost and can only claim one grant per building. If more chargepoints are needed in addition to those provided by this grant, the EV chargepoint grant for landlords may be used.

£500 per passive parking space
£350 per active parking space
Up to 30 grants per financial year (6 April to 5 April)

Active vs passive. Active spaces have a working chargepoint installed today. Passive spaces have all the cabling, ducting and consumer-unit capacity in place but no charger yet — letting you scale up cheaply later.

Stackable. Once you've used this grant for a building, you can still claim the EV Chargepoint Grant for Landlords (£350 per additional socket) if you decide to add more chargers later — so you're never capped at the original install.

What we do. Site survey, DNO load study, civils for trenching/ducting, install, commissioning, OZEV evidence pack and grant claim — all included in our quote.

Fleet of vehicles ready for EV charging infrastructure

Up to £15,000 per grant

EV Infrastructure Grant for Staff and Fleets

The EV infrastructure grant for staff and fleets is for small-to-medium-sized businesses in the UK, and is separate to the Workplace Charging Scheme. The grant covers up to 75% of the cost of installing the infrastructure needed for chargepoints to operate and for future chargepoints to be installed, as well as the cost of any chargepoints installed.

SMEs with no more than 249 employees
Car park with a minimum of 5 clearly-marked off-street parking spaces
£350 per chargepoint socket installed · £500 per parking space enabled

Why it's better than WCS for new sites. WCS pays for the chargers themselves; the Infrastructure Grant pays for the expensive bit — DNO upgrades, three-phase supply, cable runs, civils and ducting — that you'd otherwise have to fund yourself. Many SMEs combine both.

SME definition. Headcount ≤249, turnover ≤£44m or balance sheet ≤£38m. Sole traders and partnerships qualify too.

Cap. Maximum 5 grant claims per applicant. Each grant covers up to £15,000 — so a fully built-out small fleet depot can pull £75,000 in funding.

Not sure which grant applies to you?

Tell us about your property or business and we'll confirm eligibility, handle the OZEV paperwork and apply the grant directly against your installation invoice.

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