What you need to know.
Significant changes are taking place in the Office for Zero-Emission Vehicles (OZEV). The new criteria comes into force on 1 April 2022 and has major benefits for homeowners, landlords and small business owners, especially in the accommodation sector.
- Landlords, social housing providers and owners of apartment blocks can also now claim an EVHS grant. This is a major change and will take the sole responsibility for installing a chargepoint in an apartment away from individual flat owners.
- The Homecharge Grant will also cease to be available for house owners with off-street parking - it can still be claimed by people who rent their homes or those who live in flats.
Business Owners
Do I meet the criteria for the grants?
- If you meet any of the following criteria bellow you should be eligible for the WCS grant. This will go towards the cost of the EV charger installation.
- We apply for the grant for you to make things really easy and can advice you on wich would be the most beneficial.
- If you need any help or advice please contact us or complete our remote survey.
For Workplaces
- 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.
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
For SME's - (small or medium-sized enterprise)
- 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
Property Owners and Landlords
Building owners, including landlords and social housing providers
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
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
Building owners, including landlords and social housing providers
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