The EV Chargepoint Grant
OZEV has recently changed the focus of its EV grant programme, which was previously dedicated to assisting individual homeowners in the transition to zero emissions transport through the EVHS (Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme) grant.
This grant previously predominantly supported individual homes with a driveway to get an EV charging point installed once an electric vehicle was owned. Since the scheme started in 2014 almost 140,000 domestic charging points have been installed with a total grant value of £69 million as of 1st April 2021. In the last year, close to 45,000 domestic chargers were installed to a grant amount of £17 million.
This statistic shows the growing demand for EV charging points at home where it is most convenient and cost effective to charge.
What's new?
As of the 1st of April 2022, the EVHS scheme was replaced by the EV chargepoint grant. The EV chargepoint grant is entirely dedicated to providing support to freeholders, landlords, property managers and social housing providers which will allow residents in apartment blocks which previously struggled to have a charging point installed.
The EV chargepoint grant allows freeholders or managing agents to provide EV-ready infrastructure on multi-dwelling developments so that EV charging can be accessible to their residents within their dedicated or communal parking spaces.
EV Chargepoint Grant Eligibility Criteria
The grant provides support to three categories of applicant:
Category 1
Residents living in apartments / rental accommodation (including leasehold flats)
- Up to £350 available towards installing a charging point – must be a single dedicated bay.
- All apartment residents owning or renting a flat are eligible to apply.
- Only one application per person.
- Applicant must have a qualifying electric vehicle (see Vehicles Eligible for Plug-in Grant) and dedicated off-street parking available at their property.
Category 2
Non-resident building owners, such as landlords and social housing providers:
- Up to £350 available per socket towards the cost of a charging point installation, with a limit of 200 applications per year per applicant.
- Applicant must be a registered business or a public authority.
- The applicant’s property must have associated parking.
- Unlimited number of charging point sockets can be installed in each property (within the boundaries of the overall number of grants available for each property).
Category 3
Additional help for Owners of apartment blocks:
- The applicant must be either a freeholder of the property concerned, an applicant with freeholder’s consent, a residential management company, a local authority, a housing association, or a private registered provider of social housing.
- Up to £30k available towards cost of installing charging points per building, maximum of 30 applications per applicant.
- Up to £850 available per parking bay if a charging point socket is being installed.
- Up to £550 available per bay if only supporting infrastructure for a parking bay is being installed.
- A property must have associated private parking with at least five bays provisioned and a minimum of one space with a fully functional charging point.