Everyone Who Can Automatically Get A Disabled Blue Badge Parking – Full List – ryan

People with a Blue Badge Can Usamely Park Closer to their Destination Including on Double Yellow Lines Or Disabled Bays

11:00, 27 APR 2025Updated 11:02, 27 APR 2025

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The Blue Badge Can Be A Lifeline for People With Mobility Problems(Image: Universal Images Group Via Getty Images)

Traveling Can Be Tugh we have you have a disability which affects your mobility. Whether it is a day out or a trip for an important Appointment the Experience Can Sevelely Impacted by Having to Walk to Reach Your Destination.

But those who QUALIFY FOR A BLUE BADGE CAN FIND IT MUCH EASIER AS THE SPECIAL DISABLED PARTING PERMITS ALLOW TO PARK IN PLACES WHICH WAUDED OTHERWISE BE FORBIDDEN. They are aimed at helping People with disabilities or health Conditions Park More Conveniently and Give Holders to Park in Disabled Parking Bays or Double Yellow Lines.

And in adding to giving say Easy Access – It can Save Save Money As Many Places Allow Holders to Park Free of Charge in Disabled Bays or Car Parks. As long as the Holder of the Badge is traveling in the car, it can be used in any vehicle they are in – tan taxis.

A Blue Badge Costs up to £ 10 in England and £ 20 in Scotland. It is free in Wales. Local Authorities Process Applications to Decide Whether to Approve I Say and Also Set the Price, Reports the Manchester Evening News.

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A Blue Badge Allows Motorists to Park in Disabled Bays(Image: Richard Johnson Via Getty Images)

The permits usually last up to three years at which point a holder must reapply for a new one. There are two two grills of People who can get a blue badge – some automatically QUALIFY while others must be consider individual.

Who automatically QUALIFIES FOR A Blue Badge

Some People can get a blue badge automatically. This is if you are aged three or over and at the least one of the following applies:

  • You recipe the higher rate of the mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
  • you receive a Personal Independence Payment (Pip) Because you can’t waln more than 50 meters (a score of 8 points or more under the ‘Moving Around’ Activity of the Mobility Component)
  • You are Registered Blind (Sevely Sight Impired)
  • You recipe a pensioners’ Mobility Supplement
  • You have reciped a lump sum benefit with fee fee 1 to 8 of the armed forces and reserve forces (Compensation) scheme and have been certified as permanent and substantive disability that causes inability or very considerable dipficulty in walking
  • You receive the mobility component of pip and have obtained 10 points specifically for descriptor of the ‘planning and following journeys’ Activity, on the Grounds that are unable to understand any journey ITE

If you have any score other than 10 points under descriptor e, in the ‘planning and following Journeys’ Activity of Pip you May Still Be Eligible for a Blue Badge, but you will not automatically qualify. This includes if you have a higher score of 12. You will have to provide the evidence to demonstrate your eligibility will will be assessed as part of your Application.

WHO May Get a Blue Badge

Some People will not automatically Qualify but must be asssessed on an individual basis. People May Be Eligible for A Badge if one or More of the Following Applies:

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Local Coungils Across great britain issue blue badges to people for up to three years after which you must reapply(Image: Universal Images Group Via Getty Images)
  • You cannot walk at all
  • You Cannot Walk Without Help From Someone ELSE OR USING MOBILITY AIDS
  • You Find Walking Very DIFFICULT Due to Pain, Breathlessness or the Time It Tales
  • Walking is Dangerous to Your Health and Safety
  • You have a life limitting illness, whic means you cannot walk or find walking very difficult and have a sr1 form
  • You have a severe disability in bot Arms and Drive Regularly, but Cannot Pay-And-Display Parking Machines
  • You have a child under the age of 3 with a medical condition that means the child always need to be accompanked by Bulky Medical Equipment
  • You have a child under the age of 3 with a medical condition that means the child must always be kept near a vehicle in case they need Emergency Medical Treatment
  • You are Constantly a Significant Risk to Your Selself or Others Near Vehicles, in Traffic or Car Parks
  • You struggle sewely to plan or follow a Journey
  • You find it difficult or impossible to control your action and lack awareness of the impact you could have on others
  • You regularly have intense and overwhelming respects to situations causus temporary loss of Behaviural Control
  • You Frequently Become Extremely Anxious or Fearful of Public/Open Spaces

Way to Apply

In England, Scotland and Wales You Can Apply on Gov.uk for a Blue Badge. There’s a Different Way to Apply If You Are in Northern Ireland. Visit this link for more details.

Your Local Council Will Decide If You Are Eligible for A Badge. They cannot start the assessment process unly they have all the necessary evidence.

It May 12 Weeks or Longer to Assses Your Application. If they decide that you are not Eligible and you think that they did not take the Account of All the Facts, you can ask to consider your application.