Energy Saving Trust

This scheme replaces the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) and is open to:

• Homeowners who live in flats
• People in rental accommodation (flats and single-use properties)

The main changes are that:

• The customer must live in rental accommodation or own a flat
• The installer must confirm ownership of the property. If rented, confirm the name and address of person or entity letting the property as it appears on the rental agreement
• Customers will no longer be able to claim for 2 chargepoints if they own a second electric vehicle

EVHC will be eligible to claim under this scheme. We will apply for the grant on behalf of the customer.

The same list of EVHS approved chargepoints and EVHS eligible vehicles applies to this scheme.

Electric vehicles are a crucial step to decarbonising our transport system and reducing air pollution through zero tailpipe emissions. The government recognises that many people will want to charge their electric vehicles at home. This grant scheme is designed to help them do so.

The EV chargepoint grant provides a 75% contribution to the cost of one chargepoint and its installation.

A grant cap is set at £350 (including VAT) per installation.

The main requirement is that a person owns, leases or has ordered a qualifying vehicle and has dedicated off-street parking at their property.

They also must live in rental accommodation or own a flat.

The grant works by a customer choosing an EVHS installer to install their chargepoint.

EVHC will check that they qualify and then applies on the customer’s behalf.

EVHC will bill the customer for the price of the installation, less the grant amount they have applied for.

If the application is successful, EVHC will be paid the grant amount that they have offset from the customer’s bill.

OZEV aims to process claims for experienced installers within 30 working days.

The government reserves the right to terminate the grant at any time but will aim to provide 4 weeks’ notice.

Should the grant rate change, or the scheme end, the government will honour grant claims made before the date of any public announcement subject to meeting all relevant criteria set out in this guidance. The announcement will detail how claims made after it will be treated.

The EV chargepoint grant for landlords gives financial support to landlords and other entities to buy and install electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints at residential or commercial properties in the UK.

To access the grant, a landlord must first register. Installers approved by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) can then make claims for work completed on their behalf.

The grant provides funding towards the cost of buying and installing EV chargepoints.

Chargepoints may be able to charge one or more vehicles simultaneously, depending on the number of sockets they have.

The grant amount given is per chargepoint socket installed. It provides up to 75% of the cost towards the purchase and installation of a chargepoint socket, limited to £350 per grant.

Landlords can receive up to 200 grants a year for residential properties, and a further 100 for commercial properties.

These may be across a number of properties and installations or just for one property.

The grant is provided by OZEV.

The government reserves the right to terminate the grant at any time, but will aim to provide 4 weeks’ notice.

Should the grant rate change, or the scheme end, the government will honour grant claims made before the date of any public announcement subject to meeting all relevant criteria set out in this guidance. The announcement will detail how claims made after it will be treated.

This grant is for entities that rent, lease or manage residential or commercial properties (referred to hereafter as landlords) and want to install EV chargepoints on their properties.

You may apply for this grant if you are one of the following:

• Landlord of a property that lets the property
• Right to manage (RTM) company
• Companies owning the freehold of a leased or rented property
• Companies owning a building’s common areas. The company may comprise shareholders who are the leaseholders. The company may also manage the building
• Property factor listed here in the property factor register
• Private registered providers of social housing (PRP)
• Public authorities, such as government departments and their agencies, the armed forces, local governments, the NHS and emergency services
• Charities

You will be referred to as a landlord hereafter if you are one of the above.

You must be registered at Companies House. If not, you must be VAT registered with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC). If you are not registered at either, you will not be eligible for the grant

In considering eligibility, OZEV will use the public authorities referenced in the Local Government Act 2003, Section 33 and the Freedom of Information Act, Schedule 1, parts 1-3.

At a later date, we will provide for PRPs, charities and property factors that do not have a Companies House or VAT registration.

You can receive up to 200 grants each financial year. The financial year runs from 6 April to 5 April the following year.

Applications that span multiple financial years will be accounted for on the year they were first applied for. For example, an application in March that completes in April will be accounted for against the number of applicants in the March financial year.

You can only apply for one building or estate per application.

Where a parking space is shared between buildings and is not allocated, then it should be treated as an estate and one application made for the estate.

Where a property is a multi-unit property, the address of the overall property should be provided.

Applications for residential and commercial properties must be separate.

Where a property is mixed use, separate applications should be made for any chargepoints installed for:

• Residential use
• Staff or fleet use

Multiple chargepoints may be installed and applied for as part of an application. This is true for either for single unit or multi-unit properties or estates.

The limit of how many grants a landlord can apply for in one application will depend on how many grants the landlord has already received of their overall limit for that type of property (residential or commercial).

You may apply for subsequent installations at an address claimed for previously.

Each application should be treated as one job and have a single invoice.

One application should be handled by one installer. If you use multiple installers, each will need to submit an application.

Your property must be located in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.

Properties in the Channel Islands and Isle of Man are not included.

You can apply for:

• Single-unit residential properties, such as flats and houses
• Multi-unit residential properties, such as apartment blocks
• Commercially let properties that have parking dedicated for staff use or fleet use of the tenant or prospective tenant

If you are applying for a single unit residential property, it cannot be your place of residence.

If you are applying for a commercially let property, the chargepoint must be dedicated for the use by the staff or fleets of the property’s tenant. It cannot be for public use.

Holiday rental properties are not covered by this grant

Where an installation requires cabling or other parts of the installation to be placed in or on another person’s property, or public land, access rights and permissions must be agreed by all parties using legally binding arrangements, such as legal covenants, before an installation begins.

If you are concerned you may exceed your grant allocation, contact LandlordAccounts@dvla.gov.uk to confirm how many grants you have been awarded. Note that DVLA will only be able to confirm the number of grants already approved and not those that may be awaiting processing or submission by an installer.

The space where you install your chargepoint(s) must be a private parking space. You must own the parking space or have the sole legal right to it.

The private parking may be connected to the property or separate from it.

You must be able to show you that you have legal entitlement to the parking space if it is separate from the property. You may prove this through the provision of Land Registry title deeds.

If you do not own the parking space or have the sole legal right to it, you cannot apply for the grant. This includes rented spaces.

The parking must be suitable for a chargepoint installation and be able to permit an eligible vehicle to be charged safely. It must be possible to access the parking space at all times.

Installers are expected to determine if the parking will permit an eligible vehicle to be charged safely. OZEV will not intervene in any negative assessment made by an installer.

Where multiple chargepoints are installed at a property, each socket installed should be able to charge at least one unique and clearly defined parking bay or space.

All chargepoints must be on the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (for residential buildings) or Workplace Charging Scheme (for commercial) approved chargepoint model list at the time of installation.

It is important to ensure that the chargepoint model name is exactly the same as one stated on the eligible list. Claims will be rejected if the model claimed is not on the list.

If a model is not listed, it is not eligible for a grant.

The chargepoints are listed at the request of their manufacturers. If a chargepoint is not present, contact the chargepoint manufacturer to confirm why it is not listed.

You can get funding towards 75% of the total cost of buying and installing an OZEV approved chargepoint, up to a maximum of £350 per socket installed.

The number of sockets a chargepoint has is defined by how many vehicles it can simultaneously charge.

Details of how many sockets a chargepoint has may be found on the list of OZEV approved chargepoint models.

The grant involves the following steps:

1. The landlord must register with DVLA using the EV chargepoint grant for landlords registration form.
2. The landlord chooses an OZEV approved installer for the work to be undertaken at an eligible property.
3. Once work is complete, the installer applies for the grant on behalf of the landlord. The installer will need tell OZEV what was installed and send evidence to verify this. This will include a copy of the invoice and photos of the chargepoints installed.

If the grant is awarded, OZEV will pay the grant to your installer, who must pass the discount on to you.

Before you begin, you should:

1. Familiarise yourself with the grant rules and restrictions.
2. Discuss your needs with one or more OZEV authorised installer(s)
3. Agree what you want installed, checking that the chargepoint you want installed is listed on the OZEV approved chargepoint model list.
4. Identify if any upgrades are needed to your electrical supply and arrange with your distributed network operator for this to be done before applying for the grant
5. Work out how you will manage the chargepoints once they are installed, including maintenance and electricity costs
6. Ensure accessibility needs will be addressed when installing an EV chargepoint, particularly for EV owners who may be disabled or have mobility needs

Before you can apply for a grant, you must register with OZEV and get a landlord registration number. This will allow us to confirm you are eligible.

To register, you will need one of the following:

• Company registration number
• VAT registration number

You will also need:

• A contact email address.
• Contact address corresponding to that registered with Companies House or your VAT registration

You will need to complete the EV chargepoint grant for landlords registration form and send it by email to LandlordAccounts@dvla.gov.uk.

Once your details are verified, DVLA will provide you a landlord registration number for the scheme.

The domestic chargepoint funding scheme, funded by Transport Scotland (an agency of the Scottish Government) and administered by Energy Saving Trust, provides up to £300 towards the cost of purchasing and installing home chargepoints for electric vehicles.

This funding is available via two streams:

Rural electric vehicle owners – for applicants living in rural and remote areas or Islands of Scotland.

Used electric vehicle owners – for applicants who purchase their electric vehicle through the Used Electric Vehicle Loan.

Eligible applicants can only apply to receive funding for one grant type (up to £300), even if they live in an eligible rural postcode and purchase a used electric vehicle through the Used Electric Vehicle Loan.

If you think you are eligible for both funding streams, you should apply via the used electric vehicle owners route as instructed below.

If you live in a category 5, 6, 7 or 8 area or an Island in Scotland, and own or lease an electric vehicle (including through work) you may be eligible for funding. Please check if your postcode is eligible using the postcode checker below.

If your postcode is eligible, please complete this short application form. You will also need to upload a quote from your chosen installer along with proof of purchase/lease of your electric vehicle prior to installation.

Please note that the installation work MUST NOT start until you have received a written grant offer from Energy Saving Trust. Funding is not available for installations that have already taken place or for installations already in progress.

Category 5:         Very remote small towns

Category 6:         Accessible Rural

Category 7:         Remote Rural

Category 8:         Very Remote Rural

If you live in Scotland and have purchased a used electric vehicle through Energy Saving Trust’s Used Electric Vehicle Loan, please follow the instructions attached with your loan offer confirmation email.

You will need to upload a quote from your chosen installer along with proof of purchase/lease of your electric vehicle prior to installation.

Please note that:

The installation work MUST NOT start until you receive a written grant offer from Energy Saving Trust. Funding is not available for installations that have already taken place or for installations already in progress.

You will not be reimbursed for your domestic chargepoint grant until we receive confirmation that your loan has been paid to your bank account and we have received final confirmation from the Low Carbon Transport Loan team that the vehicle has been purchased.

The Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) is a valuable initiative offered by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV), aimed at assisting businesses, charities, and public sector organisations in installing electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints. The scheme, which is available throughout England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, provides a voucher-based system to cover up to 75% of the purchase and installation costs of EV chargepoints, up to £350 per socket and limited to 40 sockets per applicant.

Successful applicants receive a unique identification voucher code via email, which can be given to any OZEV-authorised commercial chargepoint installer. The grant is claimed by the authorised installer on behalf of the applicant, and the chargepoint installation must be completed, and the voucher claimed within six months of the voucher’s issue date.

If less than 40 sockets are applied for initially, additional applications can be submitted in the future until reaching the 40-socket limit. It’s important to note, OZEV reserves the right to change the rules or terminate this grant scheme at any time, but will endeavour to provide up to four weeks’ notice of any changes