On 1 April 2026 the OZEV Chargepoint Grant for residential landlords uplifted from £350 to £500 per socket, with funding live until 31 March 2027 and up to 200 grants per landlord per year. If you run a Yorkshire HMO portfolio, that’s a closing arbitrage window — every socket installed before the cap or the deadline lands is £500 of capital cost the Treasury covers.
What changed on 1 April 2026
The OZEV Chargepoint Grant for residential landlords and renters/flat-owners now pays £500 per socket installed (up from £350). The headline terms:
- £500 per socket, claimable via the OZEV installer-claim portal.
- Up to 200 grants per landlord per year — the ceiling that ends most portfolio planning conversations early.
- Live until 31 March 2027, then under review.
- The homeowner-facing grant closed to new applicants on 31 March 2026. This scheme is landlord/tenant-only.
The application platform changed on the uplift date too, so any quote you received before April 2026 needs re-running against the new claim flow.
Eligibility — what actually disqualifies a property
The eligibility checks haven’t softened with the uplift. To claim:
- The property must be a let dwelling, with a tenant in occupation or a signed letting in flow.
- The tenant (or freeholder, for flats) must sign a grant authorisation.
- The charger must be installed by an OZEV-approved installer — there’s no DIY route.
- Off-street parking with a dedicated bay is the usual sticking point; communal car-park installs need landlord consent plus body-corporate sign-off.
HMOs with on-street parking only are the most common rejection. If you’ve got a mixed portfolio, the EV-ready properties are the ones with private driveways or a managed car-park behind the building.
Stack the grant with EICR and consumer-unit upgrade
The biggest mistake we see is portfolio landlords claiming the grant in isolation. The EV install is the moment your engineer is already on site, the consumer unit is already exposed, and the EICR is already due — combining the work into one visit per property is where the real margin lives.
A stacked single-visit pattern looks like this:
- 5-yearly EICR (required regardless of EV).
- Any C1/C2 remedials clear before the EV install starts.
- Consumer-unit upgrade to 18th Edition / Amendment 2 standard where the existing CU can’t safely carry the new circuit.
- EV charger fit, OZEV-grant-eligible, with the paperwork bundled into one certification chain.
One mobilisation, one set of clean-down per the 5-Point Clean Home Protocol, one tenant notification, one invoice with the grant pre-deducted.
Hardware fit — Zappi, Andersen, Ohme
For landlord portfolios, hardware choice should be driven by the tenant and the property, not the spec sheet:
- Myenergi Zappi v2.1 — properties with solar PV. The Zappi diverts surplus PV into the vehicle and is the obvious pick for energy-aware tenants.
- Andersen A2 — conservation areas and architectural lets. Cable hidden inside the unit; aesthetics suit listed and period properties.
- Ohme Home Pro — tariff-conscious tenants. Native Intelligent Octopus integration; the lowest running cost for the tenant.
All three are OCPP-compliant and OTA-updatable, so the firmware-future concern that comes up in HMO research forums isn’t a live issue with this shortlist.
What to do next
If you’ve got 5+ lettable units in the LS, WF or HG postcodes, the 2026/2027 grant window is when the EV maths makes sense. JP Electrical & EV Solutions is an OZEV-approved installer, NICEIC-approved and Part P compliant, with a Leeds-based team that can survey the whole portfolio in one pass.
Book a portfolio survey or request a free, no-obligation quote via our portfolio landlord EICR page, or read more about EV charger installation in Leeds.
FAQ
Can I claim the £500 grant on properties I’ve already wired but not yet claimed for?
The grant is claimed by the installer on completion. If the install hasn’t been claimed yet, your installer can run the claim under current rules — confirm with them in writing before the install date.
Does the 200-grant-per-year cap apply to my company or to me personally?
The cap is per landlord entity. A limited company and a personally-held portfolio count separately. Verify with OZEV against your specific structure before relying on it.
What if a tenant won’t sign the grant authorisation?
The grant can’t be claimed without tenant sign-off. In practice, the EV install is a tenant benefit so refusals are rare — but the workaround is to deliver the install between tenancies, with the new lease incorporating the EV provision.