RELATED: What grants are available for apartment EV charging in the UK?
How the Grant Works
The Residential Landlord Chargepoint Grant is a socket-based OZEV grant. It pays a flat £500 per active chargepoint socket installed at a residential building, covering up to 75% of the eligible purchase and installation cost.
The grant is claimed by the building owner or management entity, not by individual residents. The applicant must own or manage the property and have permission to install charging.
For a typical 10 socket installation, the grant value is £5,000. This is deducted from the project quote upfront. You pay the reduced price, and we claim the grant back from OZEV after commissioning.
The rate was uplifted from £350 to £500 per socket on 1 April 2026, partly to offset the closure of the previous Residential Landlord Infrastructure Grant.
RELATED: How does the Residential Landlord Chargepoint Grant work?
Who Can Apply
Eligible applicants include:
Landlords letting residential property. Freeholders of apartment buildings. Right to Manage companies and Residents Management Companies. Property management agents. Housing associations and social housing providers. Local councils and public sector bodies managing residential property. Charities that own or manage residential property.
To qualify, your organisation must be registered at Companies House or VAT registered with HMRC. The property must have multiple residential dwellings with dedicated off street parking. The work must be carried out by an OZEV approved installer.
Individual flat owners and renters cannot use this grant. They apply for the separate Flats and Renters Grant at their own dedicated parking bay.
The 200 Socket Portfolio Cap
The key advantage of the Residential Landlord Chargepoint Grant for portfolio operators is the 200 socket annual cap across all properties.
A landlord installing 25 sockets at each of 8 buildings can claim the full 200 sockets at £500, totalling £100,000 per year. The cap resets each financial year, which makes phased portfolio electrification straightforward.
Smaller single-building projects use a fraction of the cap. A 10 socket installation at a single apartment block uses 10 of the 200 allowed sockets. The remaining 190 socket allowance can be used for other properties in the same year.
How It Differs From the Closed Infrastructure Grant
The Residential Landlord Infrastructure Grant closed to new applications on 31 March 2026. The two grants had different shapes:
Closed Infrastructure Grant: £30,000 per building cap. £500 per bay + £350 per socket split. Required at least 5 provisioned bays and 1 active socket. 30 building annual limit.
Active Chargepoint Grant: No per-building cap. £500 per active socket flat rate. No minimum project size. 200 socket annual portfolio limit.
The socket rate went up by 43% (£350 to £500). The per-building top-up and separate bay infrastructure funding went away. For smaller buildings with under 10 sockets, total grant value is now lower. For larger portfolios across 5+ buildings, total grant value can be higher.
How to Apply
We handle the full application as part of every project. The process runs in this order. We complete a free site survey and calculate the grant. We provide a quote showing the reduced price after the grant. You accept the quote. We submit the application and install the chargers. We claim the grant from OZEV after commissioning. You pay the reduced price upfront.
For residents who want their own bay, we coordinate the separate Flats and Renters Grant application alongside the landlord grant.
