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What Closed
The Residential Landlord Infrastructure Grant was the main funding route for apartment EV charging until 31 March 2026. It paid up to £30,000 per building, with a split of £500 per provisioned parking bay and £350 per active socket. It covered 75% of eligible costs.
OZEV closed the grant to new applications on that date. Pending applications submitted before the closure can be claimed by installers until 26 May 2026, with a final resubmission deadline of 6 July 2026.
There is no direct successor scheme for the per-building infrastructure cap.
What Replaced It
The Residential Landlord Chargepoint Grant is now the main OZEV grant for apartment EV charging. It existed before 1 April 2026 alongside the Infrastructure Grant, but the rate was uplifted from £350 to £500 per socket on that date to partly offset the closure of the Infrastructure Grant.
Key terms:
- £500 per active socket installed
- Covers up to 75% of eligible costs
- Up to 200 sockets per year across your property portfolio
- Available to landlords, freeholders, RMCs, RTM companies, housing associations
- Open to new applications until 31 March 2027
For a 10 socket installation, that is £5,000 in grant funding. For a portfolio operator installing 25 sockets at each of 8 buildings, the maximum is £100,000 per financial year.
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What Else Changed
The Flats and Renters Grant was also uplifted from £350 to £500 per socket on 1 April 2026. This is claimed by individual residents at their own dedicated parking bay, separately from the building level grant.
A typical 20 bay apartment car park installing 10 active chargers can now combine the landlord grant (10 × £500 = £5,000) with individual resident grants where applicable (up to 5 residents × £500 = £2,500), totalling £7,500.
The maximum cost coverage is the same 75% as the previous Infrastructure Grant, but the headline funding value for smaller buildings is lower because there is no per-building top-up.
What It Means in Practice
For most apartment buildings, the change reduces total grant value compared to the old Infrastructure Grant. A 10 socket installation that would previously have qualified for around £8,500 in combined grants now receives £5,000 to £7,500 depending on whether residents apply individually.
For larger property portfolios, the change is mixed. The 200 socket annual cap allows multi-building landlords to claim more across the portfolio than the previous 30 building per year limit on Infrastructure Grants.
The cabling, distribution upgrades, and groundworks that the old grant covered as separate line items are no longer separately funded. Buildings carry those costs directly. We adjust project scope and design to keep total costs predictable.
How to Apply
We handle the full Residential Landlord Chargepoint Grant application as part of every project. The process runs in this order. We complete a site survey and provide a quote with the grant calculation. You accept the quote at the reduced price after the grant. We submit the application and install the chargers. We claim the grant from OZEV after commissioning. You pay the reduced price upfront.
For individual resident applications under the Flats and Renters Grant, residents apply directly through the OZEV portal. We provide the documentation residents need and coordinate the timing.
