EV chargepoint grants for residential landlords

What: £500 per socket, capped at 75% of the combined purchase & installation cost.

Cap: Up to 200 sockets per applicant per year, across one or more sites.

Who: Private landlords, RMC, RTM, freeholders, registered providers of social housing, public-sector landlords, charities managing residential property, and property management companies acting on behalf of landlords.

When: Apply before installation. Grant ends 31 March 2027.

You qualify if you’re any of the following:

• A private landlord letting a UK residential property.
• A Residents’ Management Company (RMC) or Right to Manage (RTM) company.
• The freeholder of a multi-unit residential property.
• A registered provider of social housing.
• A public-sector landlord (council, NHS trust, etc.).
• A charity that manages or owns residential property.
• A property management company acting on behalf of any of the above.

You need to be registered at Companies House and/or VAT-registered with HMRC. Public-sector landlords and registered providers are exempt from that evidence requirement.

Three important nuances:

• Organisations under common ownership or control share the 200-socket cap as a group, under the Subsidy Control Act 2022. Splitting an estate across two SPVs to claim 400 doesn’t work.
• Holiday lets are excluded.
• Properties where chargepoints are required by building regulations or planning conditions are also excluded.

1. Confirm what evidence you need for your landlord type. Freeholders provide Land Registry title; private landlords show current rental insurance; RTM/RMC need Companies House confirmation and minutes; property managers need the management agreement.
2. Get written permission from the landowner/freeholder where applicable. Take photos of the parking area before installation.
3. Get a quote from an OZEV-authorised installer, specifying chargepoint models on the OZEV-approved list.
4. Apply via Find a Grant, one application per site. The Cabinet Office team manages assessment.
5. Once approved, install.
6. The installer submits the digital claim form, along with photographic evidence of the installation. The grant is paid to the installer who deducts it from the invoice.

If you applied before 1 April 2026 at the £350 rate and the chargers haven’t been installed yet, you can re-apply on Find a Grant for the £500 rate. Your original application is cancelled and the new one is assessed from scratch.

For five years this was the grant residential landlords used for the cabling, ducting and supply upgrades that make a multi-unit car park EV-ready. It paid up to 75% of the cost, capped at £30,000 per installation. It funded things like groundworks, supply upgrades, and future-proofing.

Key dates if you have a live application:

31 March 2026: last day for new customer applications.

26 May 2026: final installer claim submission.

6 July 2026: final resubmission deadline if OZEV requested further evidence on a claim.

After 6 July 2026, the grant is completely closed.

There is no direct replacement. The new £500-per-socket grant pays more per socket than the old £350 rate, but it doesn’t fund cabling, supply upgrades or trenching.

Three things you can do:

• Maximise the new grant. The new grants can cover up to £100,000 in chargepoints. For larger portfolios that’s a meaningful investment, even if it doesn’t cover infrastructure.
• Design once for future scale. Single-cable architecture cuts the cost of going from one socket to twenty by 70% versus per-charger cable runs.
• For councils and registered providers the LEVI Fund (England-only) can fund residential charging infrastructure where there’s a public-charging element.