Landlords, residential car park owners, renters and flat owners are being urged to apply for UK Government grants towards installing Electric Vehicle (EV) charge points at their homes, as fresh official data reveals the numbers of grant-funded installations a little over six months before their withdrawal.
The Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Grant (EVCG) closes on 31 March 2025 and no continuation or replacement has been announced. So far it has helped fund 7,738 charging sockets by contributing almost £5.9 million from the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV), according to new data covering the period up to 1 July 2024.
Total new sockets installed in the past four months using the grants were 998. The previous quarter saw 1,173 installed and the quarter before saw 1,485. The Department for Transport said that in some cases grants can take several months to process, with the most recent quarter likely to be undercounted.
Flat owners and renters have installed the most charging sockets: 4,501 with £1.575 million in grants. Residential car park owners have installed 2,148 sockets, taking £3.85 million in grants. And landlords have installed 1,089 outlets with grants of £0.45 million. Car park owners and landlords can apply for larger grants, as opposed to a flat which will always only have one installation.
Monthly totals peaked in: October 2023 for flat owners and renters (227); July 2023 for residential car park owners (215); and April 2023 for landlords (116).
Daniel Forsberg, Marketing Manager for EVSE at charge point manufacturer CTEK, said: “Residential car park owners have been busy installing EV charging. Thousands of EV drivers in flats or rented properties are now charging at or near home thanks to these OZEV grants.
“But there will be thousands more who could benefit from cheaper charging at home and the clock is ticking on them applying for the grants worth up to £350. Landlords too can get grants to add value to their properties and make them a more attractive proposition for renters with EVs.
“Eligible landlords, residential car park owners, renters and flat owners have just a little over six months to secure grants and plug into the EV revolution. The deadline is fast approaching.”
Residential car park owners and landlords can get up to £350 per socket for up to 200 each year for residential properties. Infrastructure grants for the wider work needed to install multiple chargepoints are £500 per parking space, for chargepoints installed now or envisaged in the future.
For how to apply:
- For residential car park owners and landlords: Click for details
- For renters or flat owners: Click for details
The On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS), now closed to new applicants, has seen 9,972 public charging devices installed across local authorities in the UK since its launch in 2017. Projects completed in the last three months include a total of 2,089 on-street charging device installations. Funding has also been awarded for 11,533 additional ORCS charging devices. This includes both devices installed, but where projects are yet to complete, and those to be installed in the future.
The OZEV data also summarises the former home charge point installation grants. Together, the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS, 2014-2022) and the Domestic Recharge Scheme (DRS, 2013-2014) contributed to the installation of 380,555 domestic EV charging devices across the UK.
The Government’s new data release is classed as ‘official statistics in development’ that are being tested with users. Details are here
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