About this grant
The EV Chargepoint Grant for Residential Landlords provides financial support towards the purchase and installation of EV chargepoint sockets at residential rental properties. Landlords can claim 75% of the installation cost per socket, up to £500, for up to 200 sockets across all eligible residential properties per financial year. The grant is paid directly to the OZEV-approved installer and deducted from the landlord’s invoice.
The residential landlord infrastructure grant closed on 31 March 2026 and is no longer available for new applications.
What you can get
Grant rate: 75% of the cost of purchasing and installing one socket, whichever is lower.
Maximum per socket: £500 for applications from 1 April 2026. Previously £350.
Maximum sockets per year: Up to 200 grants per financial year for residential properties.
How paid: Directly to your OZEV-authorised installer, deducted from your invoice.
Installations can be spread: Across one property or multiple properties.
The grant cannot be given if chargepoint installation was a mandatory requirement — for example, as a planning condition or for a new build.
Who can apply
Eligible landlords
You qualify as a residential landlord if you own or manage:
- A property that is let or leased for people to live in (for example a flat).
- A property with multiple residential units (for example a block of flats).
- The common or communal spaces of a multi-unit residential property (for example an apartment block or housing estate).
The following types of organisation can apply:
- An individual with property to let.
- A right to manage (RTM) company.
- A residents’ management company (RMC).
- A company or person owning the freehold of a property.
- A company owning a building’s common areas, including shareholders who are leaseholders.
- A property factor in Scotland.
- A private registered provider of social housing (PRP).
- A public sector organisation — for example a government department, local council, the armed forces, the NHS or emergency services.
- A charity that manages or owns residential property.
You cannot apply if
- You live in the property.
- You only rent the property out as a holiday rental.
- You do not have a company registration number or a VAT registration number.
- You are installing a chargepoint because of a mandatory requirement (for example a planning condition or new build obligation).
- The property is in the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
- The property is under construction — the grant is only for existing properties.
Parking space requirements
Each parking space you apply to install a chargepoint at must be:
- Off-street, private and clearly defined — it does not have to be part of the property itself.
- Accessible to your tenant at all times.
- Owned by you or one you have the legal right to use — you may need to provide a Land Registry title register as evidence.
If installations require cables or parts to be placed across private or public land, you must have proof of all legal rights and permissions before work begins. Your installer will check that EVs can charge safely in the parking space.
Before you apply you must:
You must complete the following steps before submitting your application:
- Complete any necessary upgrades to the building’s electrical supply.
- Arrange for regular maintenance checks of the chargepoints.
- Decide how electricity and running costs will be paid.
- Make sure the chargepoints will be accessible to tenants.
- Update the property’s risk assessment to include the chargepoints.
- Put in place and be ready to maintain appropriate fire safety measures, particularly for covered car parks.
- Contact Ocunio Energy an OZEV-authorised installer
Apply for a grant
- Contact an OZEV-authorised installer to give you a quote and advise on chargepoint and infrastructure work required.
- Agree with Ocunio Energy the installer what work will be carried out before you apply. Applications must cover one address and one installer — submit separate applications for multiple addresses or installers. Choose an eligible chargepoint model from the OZEV-approved list.
- You must provide the following information to support your application. The documents must be in the name of the organisation or business applying for a grant and registered at Companies House or VAT registered.
All applicants
- A quote for the installation of your chargepoint(s) from an OZEV-authorised installer.
If you are a freeholder of a multi-unit property (e.g. a block of flats)
- The land registry title shows you are the freeholder
If you are a private landlord or charity letting a property
- Your current insurance policy, which must be dated, shows the property address, and that the property is a rental property
If you are an RMC or RTM company, the person submitting the application must be listed on Companies House and must provide:
- A document verifying their position – e.g. RTM or RMC minutes of your appointment
If you are a property management company applying on behalf of a landlord:
- Your letter of appointment or agreement with the landlord to manage the property
- The relevant evidence requested above for the type of landlord you represent
Public sector landlords and registered providers of social housing do not need to provide evidence documents with their application, other than a quote from their installer.
After your application is approved
- If you are eligible for the grant, OZEV will let you and your installer know. We will send you an email which includes a letter stating terms & conditions for receipt of the grant, instructions on starting installation and instructions on how installers can claim a grant once installation is completed. We will receive a similar letter and a link to an online form.
- When Ocunio Energy, the installer, finishes the installation, we will claim the grant on your behalf. We will give details of your chargepoint to OZEV, along with photographs of the installation and a copy of your invoice, which must show the total installation cost minus the grant amount.
- Your installer must deduct the grant amount from your invoice before they claim the grant.
- If OZEV approves an application, they will pay the grant amount to your installer.
Organisations under common control
Your organisation is under common control if it is part of a group that is linked through ownership or controlled by the same person(s) – for example, if your organisation is a business that has;
- a parent company
- a holding company
- a controlling person
In these cases, it is the group as a whole that is eligible for the grants for up to 200 sockets per year, rather than each organisation in the group. Common control is defined by the Subsidy Control Act 2022 Section 8.
Account and application details
- You must apply for residential and commercial properties separately.
- You can apply for multiple sockets at the same address in a single application.
- If using more than one installer or applying for more than one address, submit a separate application for each.
- Linked enterprises must use the company registration number of the controlling company.
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