Guidance

HGV parking and driver welfare grant scheme: guidance for applicantsscheme

How to apply for match funding under the HGV parking and driver welfare grant scheme.

From:
Department for Transport
Published
24 November 2022
Last updated
11 September 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Details

The HGV parking and driver welfare grant scheme provides match funding to support industry operators to improve heavy goods vehicle (HGV) facilitiesfacilities, inincluding, anybut ofnot limited to the following areas:

  • driver welfare facilities -– including toilets, shower facilities, rest areasareas, truck wash facilities
  • security for drivers -– including lighting systems, CCTV and monitoring equipment, and secure fencing
  • HGV parking capacity -– including spacesincreasing andspaces, reconfiguring layout or developing an extension to an existing parking facilities site (to note, applicants cannot use funding to purchase land or for planning permission fees)
  • decarbonisation – including electric HGV charging infrastructure, alternative fuel installation and solar energy

This guidance explains:

  • the amount of funding available under the scheme
  • who can apply for the funding
  • how to apply for the funding
Published 24 November 2022
Last updated 11 September 2023 + show all updates

  1. The HGV parking and driver welfare grant scheme is open to new applications.

  2. First published.