EV Charger Grants London 2026 — OZEV EVHS, Workplace and Landlord Schemes

The OZEV Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Grant — the successor to the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) — remains active in 2026 for two specific use cases: residents of flats and renters in single-unit properties. The single-family-home homeowner grant ended in April 2022 and has not returned.

Headline grant: 75% of installation cost up to £350 per chargepoint, one chargepoint per dwelling. For a typical £950 socketed install, the grant brings net cost to £600. For a more capable tethered install at £1,200–£1,500, the grant is the flat £350.

Eligibility: you live in a flat (owner-occupier or renter) OR rent a single-family property. You must have dedicated off-street parking. The property and parking must be in the UK. The vehicle must be on the eligible vehicles list — almost every modern EV qualifies.

The grant is applied for by the installer, not by you. You sign the customer declaration; the installer claims the grant from OZEV and discounts your invoice accordingly. Always confirm the installer is OZEV-approved before signing — non-approved installers cannot claim the grant.

The Workplace Charging Scheme provides £350 per socket toward the install cost of EV chargepoints at workplaces, up to a maximum of 40 sockets per applicant per financial year.

Eligibility: any business, charity, or public-sector organisation with dedicated off-street parking for staff or fleet. You apply to OZEV for a voucher BEFORE the install — vouchers issued at this stage are valid for 6 months.

The voucher is presented to the OZEV-approved installer, who deducts £350 per socket from the headline price and claims back from OZEV. A 10-socket installation on a London office car park typically nets out at £8,500–£14,000 after grant, depending on supply capacity and ducting requirements.

For larger commercial installs (8+ sockets) the grant is helpful but rarely the largest line item — DNO connection charges, three-phase supply upgrades, and ducting costs dominate. Budget the grant as a useful offset rather than a pivotal funding mechanism.

The grant scheme historically branded as the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Grant for Residential Car Parks remains active. It covers up to 75% of the cost of installing wiring infrastructure (cabling, ducting, distribution) plus up to £350 per chargepoint for the chargepoint itself.

Eligibility: residential landlords with car-parking infrastructure serving rented properties — typical use case is a residential block with a shared car park. The grant funds the back-office infrastructure that makes future chargepoint installs feasible, not just the chargepoint itself.

Cap: £30,000 per applicant per financial year, or 200 chargepoint sockets, whichever is reached first. For a London block landlord with 20 parking bays planning a phased rollout, this comfortably covers the first wave.

Application is direct to OZEV with a project plan and quotes from an OZEV-approved installer. Lead time for approval is currently 4–8 weeks. Landlords are increasingly bundling this with broader EPC band C upgrades for 2030 readiness.

All new domestic and workplace EV chargepoints sold or installed in Great Britain since 30 June 2022 must comply with the Electric Vehicles (Smart Charge Points) Regulations 2021. Non-compliant devices cannot be lawfully sold or installed.

Core requirements: default off-peak charging schedule (the device must default to charging during 23:00–05:30 weekdays and 21:00–07:00 weekends, with the user able to override); randomised delay (up to 600 seconds) to prevent grid synchronisation spikes; demand-side response capability via Wi-Fi or cellular; cyber-security to the Department for Business and Trade specification.

Practical implication: any chargepoint older than 2022 that is replaced as part of a property upgrade must be replaced with a 2021-Regs-compliant device. Some pre-2022 devices have been firmware-updated to comply; many have not.

For OZEV grant eligibility, the chargepoint must be on the OZEV-approved chargepoints list. That list is itself filtered to Smart Charge Point Regs compliance. Choosing from the OZEV list keeps both compliance and grant eligibility intact.

Only OZEV-approved installers can claim grants on your behalf. The approval is awarded to installer firms (not individual electricians) and requires evidence of competence, insurance, and a chargepoint manufacturer training certificate.

Approved installers will have an OZEV registration number, will explicitly mention OZEV approval on their quotes, and will handle the grant paperwork as standard. If you have to ask whether the installer is approved, they probably are not.

Approved installers also tend to carry public liability insurance at higher levels (£5m typical) and are NICEIC or NAPIT certified — the EV chargepoint install must be notified under Building Regulations Part P, which requires a registered scheme operator.

For the install itself: expect a load survey at quote stage to confirm your main fuse can carry the additional EV load; expect Type B RCD protection where the chargepoint does not internally provide it (most modern units do); expect a Building Regulations Part P notification submitted to the local authority within 30 days of install.

For OZEV EVHS (flats / renters): installer-led. You sign a customer declaration confirming eligibility, supply proof of address and proof of vehicle ownership or lease, and the installer files the claim. The grant is deducted from your invoice up-front.

For Workplace Charging Scheme: you apply for a voucher BEFORE installation. The voucher is valid for 6 months, must be presented to the installer at install, and is redeemed by the installer after commissioning. The installer files the claim within 4 months of install.

For the landlord infrastructure grant: project-led application with detailed plans, quotes, and a timeline. OZEV reviews and approves before any spend. Lead time is the longest of the three schemes — budget 4–8 weeks for approval.

Common pitfalls: applying after the install (grants are not retroactive); using a non-OZEV-approved installer (grant is irrecoverable); installing a non-compliant chargepoint (grant is voided); insufficient evidence of off-street parking ownership or tenancy.

Where the property is going through a wider electrification project — solar PV, battery, ASHP — install the EV chargepoint as part of the same supply upgrade. The DNO connection, three-phase upgrade (if required), and grid-tied generation all share the same intake works. Doing them together saves £600–£1,200 in repeated mobilisation and revisits.

OZEV grants stack with the 0% VAT rate on solar and battery installs (running until 1 May 2027) where the chargepoint is invoiced separately on its own line. Confirm with the installer that the invoice structure supports both reliefs being claimed cleanly.

For a flat or landlord property in scope for the OZEV grant, pairing with rooftop solar materially improves the running economics — daytime solar charges the car at zero marginal cost, and the OZEV grant offsets the chargepoint install. A typical London flat-block install with a 4kW shared solar array and 6 chargepoints lands at a net per-unit cost roughly 35% below an unbundled solar-only or charger-only project.

For domestic single-phase installs, the most-installed units in London 2026 are Zappi v2.1 (load-balancing, solar-aware, native eco modes), Wallbox Pulsar Plus (compact, app-driven, fixed cable), Ohme ePod (cheapest compliant option, tethered or socketed), and Pod Point Solo 3 (well-supported by major fleet operators). All four are OZEV-approved.

For commercial or workplace installs with multiple sockets, look at EO Mini Pro 3 and EVBox Liviqo for back-office reporting and RFID access control. These are typically networked via 4G or Ethernet to a management portal that handles user authentication, billing reconciliation, and fault notification.

Tethered (cable attached to the unit) vs socketed (you bring your own cable): tethered is more convenient for daily home use; socketed is more robust for shared or workplace use where multiple users with different vehicles will use the same unit. For grant-funded flat installs, socketed is the practical default.

Future-readiness checklist when specifying: 22kW three-phase capability if the supply allows (most modern EVs accept 11kW AC, future-proofing for faster on-board chargers); load-balancing native or compatible with a separate controller; ISO 15118 'Plug & Charge' support for the post-2027 charge-and-walk-away experience; PEN-fault protection internal (so you do not need a Type B RCD upstream).