Grant to provide support towards the costs of the purchase, installation and infrastructure of electric vehicle chargepoints at eligible places of work.

  • Opening date: 1 April 2022, 12:01am (Midnight)
  • Closing date: 31 March 2025, 11:59pm (Midnight)

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Eligibility

The site

EV Charging Station

You must own the property or have consent from the landlord for chargepoints to be installed at the site(s) listed in the application.

Your site will need to have dedicated off-road parking that is clearly associated with the premises. If you do not own it, you will need permission from the landowner.

You should have your site surveyed by an installer before you apply for the grant.

You must be able to provide evidence that the parking is for your staff or fleet, not for customer use. It must be either on-site or a reasonable distance from the place of work.

You must have parking spaces that are suitable for chargepoint installations. All chargepoint parking must be designated to you, although the rest of the car park may be shared with other organisations.

If you're a business, your chargepoints can only be used by your staff/fleets but you can allow local residents to use outside of office hours when they will not typically be used by your staff or fleet vehicles.

If you're a public authority, charity or small accommodation business, there is no restriction on who may use the parking - customers, guests, visitors, staff or others.

You may make the chargepoints available for use by the public. If you do so, you must comply with the Public Chargepoint Regulations 2023 and associated guidance.

Working from home

If your primary place of work is also a residential property (your home), you can apply for the grant under this scheme as long as your address is either:

  • listed as your place of business with Companies House
  • recorded on your business (non-domestic) rate bill issued to you by your local council or Land and Property Services (LPS)

You must have off-road parking.

If you are installing a chargepoint at your home, you must use:

  • An Authorised installer
  • A chargepoint that is authorised for both residential and commercial use

If you choose a residential only chargepoint from the list your claim will be declined.

You will need to complete a manual application form and email it to workplacechargingscheme@dvla.gov.uk.

Employers can also install chargepoints at employee's homes for company vehicles where the employee cannot charge their vehicle at work.

You will need to provide DVLA with evidence that the employee works for you and that you have permission to install chargepoints.

You should use:

  • A chargepoint that is authorised for both residential and commercial use

Complete your application via the online WCS portal as normal. If you choose a residential only chargepoint from the list you will need to complete the standard WCS application form.