What is the Ozev?

The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) is a team working across government to support the UK’s transition to zero emission vehicles (ZEVs). OZEV provides support and financial incentives to encourage the take-up of plug-in vehicles. OZEV also provides support to increase the effective chargepoint infrastructure across the UK in domestic, commercial and public places.

The OZEV grant structure has recently been updated and the grants are being focussed in more specific areas. We have detailed the relevant areas affected below.

If you need any specific information relating to your particular circumstances and would like to explore your options for installing or accessing EV chargepoints please contact us.

OZEV Grant Changes for Residential Properties

OZEV Home charge scheme – for flatowners and those renting

The current criteria is:

A grant of £350 is available towards the cost of a charge point
Applicants must have a qualifying electric vehicle
Applicants must have off-street parking
Only one application is allowed per person
The scheme will run until 31 March 2022. Charge points must be installed by this date with claims submitted by 30 April 2022.

From 2022, the grant scheme will change. These are the new criteria:

Building owners, including landlords and social housing providers

A grant of up to £350 per socket is available
A maximum grant up to £70,000 is permitted with a limit of 200 applications
Applicants must be a registered business or public authority. If they are a private entity, they may be registered with Companies House, have a VAT registration, or be a private registered provider of social housing.
The property must have associated private parking. There is no limit as to how many charge point sockets can be installed in each property within the overall maximum grant available

Owners of apartment blocks

A grant of up to £30,000 is available per building
A limit of 30 applications is permitted per year per applicant.
The grant available per application will depend on how many parking bays can be provided with a charge point socket, a grant of up to £850 is available per bay
Grants of up to £500 per bay will also be provided for supporting infrastructure to allow a charge point to be installed at a later date Applicants must be a registered business or a public authority. If they are a private entity, they may be registered with Companies House, have a VAT registration, or be a private registered provider of social housing
The property must have associated private parking. There is no limit as to how many charge point sockets can be installed in each property within the overall £30,000 grant per property
A minimum of five bays must be set aside for EV charging with at least one of which having a working charge point installed

OZEV Grant Changes for Commercial Properties

EV Chargers for Workplaces

A grant of up to £350 is available per socket
A maximum grant of up to £14,000 is permitted
Applicants must be registered with Companies House or have a VAT registration
Workplaces must be able to provide private parking reserved for staff or fleet use only

EV Chargers for small accommodation businesses and charities

A grant of up to £350 grant is available per socket
A maximum grant of up to £14,000 is permitted with a limit of 40 applications
Applicants must be a registered charity or, if an accommodation business, employ less than 250 employees
Accommodation providers and charities must be able to provide off-street parking but staff and visitors are permitted to use the charge points

EV Chargers for owners of commercially let properties

A grant of up to £350 is available per socket
A maximum grant of up to £35,000 is permitted with a limit of 100 applications
Applicants must be a registered business or a public authority. If they are a private entity, they may be registered with Companies House, have a VAT registration, or be a private registered provider of social housing
The property must be a commercially let unit and have associated parking with it
The charge point must be installed in private parking space that is reserved for staff or fleet use only

EV Chargers for SMEs (small and medium enterprises)

A grant of up to £850 is available per parking bay
A maximum grant of up to £15,000 is permitted per building with a limit of 5 applications
Grants will also be given towards supporting infrastructure to allow a charge point to be installed at a later date, up to £500 per bay is available
Applicants must be a registered with Companies House or have a VAT registration
Businesses must employ less than 250 employees
The charge point must be installed with private parking
A minimum of five bays should be set aside for EV charging however only one must have a charge point installed