EV chargepoint grant: how renters and flat owners claim £500
The grant rose to £500 in April 2026, and your installer does the paperwork. Here is who qualifies and how it actually works.
The EV chargepoint grant pays 75% of the cost of buying and installing a home chargepoint, up to £500 per socket, for renters, flat owner-occupiers, residential landlords and households with on-street parking. Homeowners in houses with driveways do not qualify. You need an eligible EV, private or allocated parking, and an OZEV-authorised installer, who claims the grant as a discount on your invoice. The scheme runs to 31 March 2027.
What is the EV chargepoint grant worth in 2026?
The grant pays 75% of the cost of buying and installing a home chargepoint, capped at £500 per socket. It rose from £350 to £500 on 1 April 2026, and the government has committed funding to 31 March 2027.1 On a typical £900 installation, that is a net cost to you of about £400.
The same April 2026 package raised the residential landlord grant and the on-street parking grant to £500 as well, and lifted the Workplace Charging Scheme to £500 per socket across up to 40 sockets.1
Who qualifies?
Three groups, per the gov.uk guidance:2
- Renters of any residential property, house or flat, with private off-street parking.
- Flat owner-occupiers: you own and live in your flat, with private off-street parking.
- Households with on-street parking, via a cross-pavement charging solution approved by your council.4
Plus residential landlords, who can claim for their rental properties.
On top of the property rules, you must own, lease or have ordered an eligible electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle (the eligible list is on gov.uk), the chargepoint must be on the OZEV-approved model list, and the work must be done by an OZEV-authorised installer.
The group that does not qualify: homeowners in houses with their own driveways. Their scheme, the old Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme, ended in April 2022, and full price it is.
How do you claim it?
The design is mercifully simple: you never touch the paperwork.
- Check your eligibility on the official gov.uk pages, which are the authority here, not us.3
- Get quotes from OZEV-authorised installers and tell them you intend to use the grant.
- The installer verifies your eligibility (vehicle, parking, property status) and applies the £500 discount to your invoice.
- They claim the money back from OZEV themselves.
For flats, budget extra time for the freeholder’s or managing agent’s consent, which is separate from the grant and often the slowest step.
What documents do you need?
The installer handles the claim, but they will ask you for evidence, so have it ready:
- Proof you live at the property and rent it, or own the flat (tenancy agreement, leasehold documents).
- Proof of an eligible vehicle: a V5C, lease agreement or order confirmation showing a car on OZEV’s eligible list.
- Evidence of your parking arrangement: photos of the allocated or private space, or the council’s approval for a cross-pavement solution.
- For flats, the freeholder’s or managing agent’s written consent.
Missing paperwork is the main reason claims stall, and none of it is exotic; it is the same bundle you would need for any works in a rented or shared building.3
How long does the process take?
From first quote to charger on the wall, four to eight weeks is typical, and the grant itself is rarely the slow part. The timeline usually looks like: a week gathering quotes and documents, a week or two for the installer’s diary, and for flats, however long the freeholder takes to answer emails, which is the great unknowable in this process. The installer submits the grant claim after completing the work, and their invoice to you already shows the £500 deduction.2
Can you claim more than once?
The scheme allows one grant per eligible vehicle, so a household changing cars can potentially claim again for a new chargepoint. Moving house starts the analysis afresh: the grant attaches to the installation address and the vehicle, not to you as a person. Landlords can claim across multiple properties, subject to the scheme’s rules at the time.3
Does the grant apply where you live?
The OZEV schemes in this guide are UK government schemes covering England, Scotland and Wales, administered through gov.uk.3 Northern Ireland runs separate arrangements, so check nidirect if that is you. One more practical note for renters: the consent conversation goes better when you arrive with the installer’s survey, the grant confirmation and a one-line summary of what the work involves. Landlords say yes to tidy, documented, mostly grant-funded proposals far more readily than to a vague “can I drill a box to the wall”.
What about on-street parking?
The on-street version of the grant is the one to watch in 2026. It funds a chargepoint at your home paired with an approved cross-pavement cable channel, at the same 75% up to £500.4 Availability depends on your council permitting the channel, and national planning reforms announced in April 2026 should widen that. The bigger picture is in our guide to charging an electric car without a driveway.
One final nudge: grant schemes have a habit of ending when budgets run dry. The current scheme is funded to March 2027, but if you are eligible and planning a charger anyway, claiming sooner beats hoping the rules get more generous. They rarely do.
- Key facts
- Grant amount
- £500 per socket
- Share of costs covered
- 75%
- Scheme end date
- 31 March 2027
- House homeowners
- Not eligible
Sources
- gov.uk, Changes to electric vehicle chargepoint grant schemes from 1 April 2026 Accessed 18 July 2026
- gov.uk, Electric vehicle chargepoint grant for renters or flat owners Accessed 18 July 2026
- gov.uk, Electric vehicle chargepoint grants Accessed 18 July 2026
- gov.uk, Chargepoint grant for households with on-street parking Accessed 18 July 2026