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Depot Charging Scheme

The Depot Charging Scheme is a grant of up to £1,000,000 towards installing electric vehicle charging at depots, for fleet operators across the UK running battery electric vans, HGVs or coaches. This scheme has closed.

Run by Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV), UK Government

Last read from find-government-grants.service.gov.uk on 5 Oct 2026.

This scheme has closed

It closed on 27 October 2026. It stays here in case it reopens; check with the organisation for future rounds. We do not know where it was open, so these are for the whole North.

The Depot Charging Scheme supports uptake of zero-emission HGVs, vans and coaches by part-funding the installation of charging infrastructure at fleet depots.

Status and deadline

Status

Closed

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Closed 27 October 2026

As stated: Opening date: 25 March 2026, 12:00pm (Midday) - Closing date: 27 October 2026, 12:00pm (Midday)

Confirmed on the official page

How much

Up to £1,000,000

Whole fund: £28,000,000, shared between applicants

Confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Fleet operators registered and operating in the UK for at least 1 year, with at least one battery electric van, HGV or coach, who own or lease UK depot(s) and will install charging infrastructure by 31 March 2027.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Small (10 to 49 staff), Medium (50 to 249 staff), Large businesses

Not confirmed on the official page

How to apply

Application form to be submitted through the Find a grant portal when the window opens.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

Confirmed on the official page

HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

Drawn from the areas the funder names. If a scheme is only for part of a council area, check its own page. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Last read from find-government-grants.service.gov.uk on 5 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 5 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) before you apply.

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