No driveway? Get up to £500 off an EV charger
If you own or rent a home with on-street parking, the government's EV chargepoint grant gives you up to £500 towards a Cord charger, installed with a cross-pavement charging channel so your cable never trails across the pavement.
How to get your charger installed: step by step
Your pavement channel comes first, and the £500 grant is claimed once it's installed. Tap a step for the detail:
Check your street
See if cross-pavement charging is available at your home with our postcode lookup.
Check my postcode 2Get your channel installed
Kerbo Charge fit the slim channel in about an hour.
About the channel 3Download your quote
Get a quote for your chosen Cord charger.
Get my quote 4Apply for the £500 grant
Apply on GOV.UK once your channel is installed.
How to apply 5Send us your authorisation code
We'll reply with your unique purchase link.
Send my code 6We fit your Cord charger
Book your installation and start charging.
What's includedHow the on-street parking grant works
Its full name is the Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Grant for Households with On-Street Parking, run by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV). It gives you up to £500 towards buying and installing a home chargepoint, paired with a cross-pavement charging solution that carries your cable safely under the pavement to your car. The channel goes in first: you claim the grant once it's installed. The scheme runs until 31 March 2027.
You qualify if you:
- Own or rent a residential property that you live in.
- Have adequate on-street parking as defined by your local council.
- Have your council's permission to install a cross-pavement charging solution between your home and the approved parking space.
- Will have the cross-pavement solution installed before your chargepoint.
- Own an eligible vehicle.
Renting? You're covered too
The grant is open to renters as well as owners. You'll need your landlord's permission for the installation, and we've written a ready-made letter you can send to your landlord to make the ask easy.
No on-street parking? If you live in a flat or rent a home with private off-street parking, a separate OZEV grant applies: see our grant guide for flats and renters.
Grant amounts and rules are set by OZEV and were last checked in September 2026. The grant covers the chargepoint and its installation; your council or cross-pavement provider will confirm any costs for the pavement channel itself.
Our advice: getting an EV charger without off-street parking is absolutely possible, it just takes a little patience. Every council has its own policy on cross-pavement charging, so the process varies from street to street.
The good news: our partner Kerbo Charge know each council's process and will guide you through it, and more councils are being added all the time.The Cord team
Check your street
We've teamed up with Kerbo Charge, whose slim through-pavement channel carries your cable safely from your home to your car. Pop in your postcode and we'll tell you whether cross-pavement charging is available where you live, and whether to apply through your council or directly with Kerbo Charge.
Get your channel installed
Kerbo Charge, as seen on BBC's Dragons' Den, where Deborah Meaden invested, are live with 30 local authorities and counting. Once your street qualifies, the channel goes in fast, and your £500 grant unlocks as soon as it's installed.
- Fitted in about an hour: a slim, shallow channel set into the pavement.
- The lid closes behind your cable like a zip, so the pavement stays flush, discreet and safe for everyone walking over it.
- Insert your cable only when charging, and tuck it away when you're done.
- Built to last: designed and manufactured in Britain from UV stable thermoplastic with a 25 year life expectancy, and no serviceable parts.
Download your quote to apply for your grant
Choose your Cord charger and download your quote: you'll need it for your grant application.
Apply for your £500 grant
With your channel installed and your quote downloaded, apply for the Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Grant for Households with On-Street Parking on GOV.UK. Approval can take up to 10 working days.
Send us your authorisation code
Grant approved? Send us your OZEV authorisation code using the form below and we'll send you your unique purchase link. Not there yet? Use the same form for any questions along the way.
Please note: Geely partner customers are not eligible for the OZEV scheme.
We fit your Cord charger
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- 7.4kW fast charging, the maximum for most UK homes.
- Futureproofed: solar and home battery compatible.
- 5 year product warranty included, worth £75.
On-street grant questions, answered
The grant gives you up to £500 per socket towards buying and installing your home chargepoint. It was raised from £350 in April 2026, and the scheme runs until 31 March 2027. The rules are set by OZEV: see GOV.UK for the fine print.
Yes: the grant is open to owners and renters alike. You'll need your landlord's permission for the installation, and our ready-made landlord letter makes that easy. Please note that Geely partner customers are not eligible for the OZEV scheme.
It's a slim channel set into the pavement that carries your charging cable safely from your home to your car, so nothing trails across the walkway. Our partner Kerbo Charge fits it in about an hour, and the lid closes behind your cable so the pavement stays flush and safe. It's a condition of the grant and it goes in first: you claim your £500 once the channel is installed. Check your street with the postcode lookup on this page.
Yes. OZEV grants sit on top of our own offers, so you can combine the grant with a Cord discount code. See what's on now on our discounts and offers page.
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