EV pavement channels grant
Funding for councils in England to install channels across the pavement, so residents without a driveway can charge at home.
- Funding
- £25m
- 102 authorities allocated, 83 paid
- Status
- Closed
- Closed; funding for 2025-26 paid to 83 authorities
- Where
- England
- Office for Zero Emission Vehicles
- Tenders
- 3
- 2 open now
- Awards
- 1
About this programme
- What it funds
- Channels across the pavement, so residents without a driveway can charge an electric vehicle at home
- Who can get it
- County, unitary and combined authorities in England, and London boroughs directly
- How it is given
- An allocation to each authority for 2025-26: £25m in all, 102 authorities allocated and 83 paid
- Where it stands
- Closed; funding for 2025-26 paid to 83 authorities
- Run by
- The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV), with applications through the Energy Saving Trust
Paid by region
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| Region | Funding |
|---|---|
| East Midlands | £2.1m |
| East of England | £2.1m |
| London | £2.8m |
| North East | £1.8m |
| North West | £4.8m |
| South East | £2.9m |
| South West | £2.2m |
| West Midlands | £2.5m |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | £3m |
Funding paid for 2025 to 2026, by region. Source: GOV.UK
Councils
Sources
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025.Show the authorities 83
- Greater Manchester CA£1.9m
- West Yorkshire CA£1.6m
- West Midlands CA£1.6m
- North East CA£1.2m
- Liverpool City Region CA£1.1m
- Lancashire Combined County Authority£1m
- East Midlands£990k
- South Yorkshire CA£844k
- Tees Valley CA£524k
- Greater Lincolnshire£476k
- West of England CA£474k
- Essex£447k
- Devon and Torbay£422k
- Hertfordshire£391k
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CA£362k
- Hull and East Yorkshire£332k
- Hampshire£320k
- East Sussex£289k
- Suffolk£289k
- Portsmouth£280k
- Surrey£270k
- Stoke-on-Trent£256k
- York and North Yorkshire£250k
- West Sussex£247k
- Enfield£233k
- Brighton and Hove£232k
- Somerset£221k
- Cumberland£220k
- Plymouth£217k
- Warwickshire£213k
- Newham£212k
- North Northamptonshire£209k
- Wiltshire£208k
- Gloucestershire£199k
- Leicestershire£198k
- Haringey£196k
- Croydon£193k
- Greenwich£190k
- Oxfordshire£185k
- Lewisham£183k
- Wandsworth£176k
- Westmorland and Furness£170k
- Brent£169k
- Southampton£164k
- Southwark£160k
- Cheshire West and Chester£156k
- Cheshire East£155k
- West Northamptonshire£152k
- Luton£138k
- Redbridge£136k
- Barnet£135k
- Buckinghamshire£135k
- Shropshire£134k
- Swindon£132k
- Slough£130k
- Isle of Wight£115k
- Harrow£113k
- Milton Keynes£112k
- Dorset£107k
- Warrington£106k
- Bexley£106k
- Reading£103k
- Thurrock£102k
- Bedford£101k
- Central Bedfordshire£100k
- Southend-on-Sea£99k
- Bracknell Forest£95k
- North Somerset£95k
- West Berkshire£95k
- Richmond upon Thames£95k
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole£93k
- Camden£93k
- Hillingdon£90k
- Bromley£89k
- Windsor and Maidenhead£79k
- Telford and Wrekin£74k
- Havering£67k
- Hammersmith and Fulham£62k
- Sutton£51k
- Kent£50k
- Norfolk£50k
- Rutland£50k
- Kingston upon Thames£50k
£1.9m
Combined authority · £1.8m allocated · £45k top-up
£1.6m
Combined authority · £1.5m allocated · £45k top-up
£1.6m
Combined authority · £1.5m allocated · £45k top-up
£1.2m
Combined authority · £1.2m allocated · £45k top-up
£1.1m
Combined authority · £1.1m allocated · £45k top-up
£1m
Combined authority · £976k allocated · £45k top-up
£990k
Combined authority · £945k allocated · £45k top-up
£844k
Combined authority · £799k allocated · £45k top-up
£524k
Combined authority · £479k allocated · £45k top-up
£476k
Combined authority · £431k allocated · £45k top-up
Each of 102 councils and combined authorities in England: their allocation for 2025 to 2026, any top-up from funding others did not take, and whether they were paid. The stage is from the cable-channel tenders we hold published after the grant opened. Source: GOV.UK
Tenders
Electric Vehicle Pavement Channel Installations
Trial installation of pavement channels for EV charging on residential roads in South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire Council · South West England · £113k awarded
Latest notice 1 October 2026
Cross-pavement charging for electric vehicles
Cross-pavement charging install & O&M, Shropshire Council, £535k
Shropshire Council · West Midlands · £535k estimated
Latest notice 1 May 2026
Cross Pavement EV Charging
Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire councils market engagement on county-wide cross-pavement EV charging channel installation for residents without off-street parking, funded by OZEV's EV Pavement Channels Grant, £431k
Lincolnshire County Council · East Midlands · £431k estimated
Latest notice 19 February 2026
Buyers
1 open now
1 open now
Recent awards
Electric Vehicle Pavement Channel Installations
Kerbo Charge Ltd from South Gloucestershire Council
£113k · 20 July 2026
Suppliers awarded
From South Gloucestershire Council
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