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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
Value awarded
£113k
from 1 award. How we count values

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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Pavement channels grant paid by region
RegionFunding
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

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Show the authorities 83
  1. Greater Manchester CA£1.9m
  2. West Yorkshire CA£1.6m
  3. West Midlands CA£1.6m
  4. North East CA£1.2m
  5. Liverpool City Region CA£1.1m
  6. Lancashire Combined County Authority£1m
  7. East Midlands£990k
  8. South Yorkshire CA£844k
  9. Tees Valley CA£524k
  10. Greater Lincolnshire£476k
  11. West of England CA£474k
  12. Essex£447k
  13. Devon and Torbay£422k
  14. Hertfordshire£391k
  15. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CA£362k
  16. Hull and East Yorkshire£332k
  17. Hampshire£320k
  18. East Sussex£289k
  19. Suffolk£289k
  20. Portsmouth£280k
  21. Surrey£270k
  22. Stoke-on-Trent£256k
  23. York and North Yorkshire£250k
  24. West Sussex£247k
  25. Enfield£233k
  26. Brighton and Hove£232k
  27. Somerset£221k
  28. Cumberland£220k
  29. Plymouth£217k
  30. Warwickshire£213k
  31. Newham£212k
  32. North Northamptonshire£209k
  33. Wiltshire£208k
  34. Gloucestershire£199k
  35. Leicestershire£198k
  36. Haringey£196k
  37. Croydon£193k
  38. Greenwich£190k
  39. Oxfordshire£185k
  40. Lewisham£183k
  41. Wandsworth£176k
  42. Westmorland and Furness£170k
  43. Brent£169k
  44. Southampton£164k
  45. Southwark£160k
  46. Cheshire West and Chester£156k
  47. Cheshire East£155k
  48. West Northamptonshire£152k
  49. Luton£138k
  50. Redbridge£136k
  51. Barnet£135k
  52. Buckinghamshire£135k
  53. Shropshire£134k
  54. Swindon£132k
  55. Slough£130k
  56. Isle of Wight£115k
  57. Harrow£113k
  58. Milton Keynes£112k
  59. Dorset£107k
  60. Warrington£106k
  61. Bexley£106k
  62. Reading£103k
  63. Thurrock£102k
  64. Bedford£101k
  65. Central Bedfordshire£100k
  66. Southend-on-Sea£99k
  67. Bracknell Forest£95k
  68. North Somerset£95k
  69. West Berkshire£95k
  70. Richmond upon Thames£95k
  71. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole£93k
  72. Camden£93k
  73. Hillingdon£90k
  74. Bromley£89k
  75. Windsor and Maidenhead£79k
  76. Telford and Wrekin£74k
  77. Havering£67k
  78. Hammersmith and Fulham£62k
  79. Sutton£51k
  80. Kent£50k
  81. Norfolk£50k
  82. Rutland£50k
  83. Kingston upon Thames£50k
Greater Manchester CA

£1.9m

Awarded

Combined authority · £1.8m allocated · £45k top-up

West Yorkshire CA

£1.6m

Funded, no tender yet

Combined authority · £1.5m allocated · £45k top-up

West Midlands CA

£1.6m

Funded, no tender yet

Combined authority · £1.5m allocated · £45k top-up

North East CA

£1.2m

Awarded

Combined authority · £1.2m allocated · £45k top-up

Liverpool City Region CA

£1.1m

Funded, no tender yet

Combined authority · £1.1m allocated · £45k top-up

Lancashire Combined County Authority

£1m

Funded, no tender yet

Combined authority · £976k allocated · £45k top-up

East Midlands

£990k

Funded, no tender yet

Combined authority · £945k allocated · £45k top-up

South Yorkshire CA

£844k

Tender published

Combined authority · £799k allocated · £45k top-up

Tees Valley CA

£524k

Funded, no tender yet

Combined authority · £479k allocated · £45k top-up

Greater Lincolnshire

£476k

Tender published

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

Awarded

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

Enabling works
Install
On-street
Residential

Latest notice 1 October 2026

Pre-market
Pre-market engagement

Cross-pavement charging for electric vehicles

Cross-pavement charging install & O&M, Shropshire Council, £535k

Shropshire Council · West Midlands · £535k estimated

Enabling works
Install
On-street
Residential

Latest notice 1 May 2026

Pre-market
Pre-market engagement

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

Enabling works
Install
On-street
Residential

Latest notice 19 February 2026

Buyers

Suppliers awarded

From South Gloucestershire Council

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