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Department
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Your Blue Badge
Your rights and things
you must do
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Contents
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Your Blue Badge
Using your Blue Badge properly
Who can use the badge
What to do with the badge
When to use the parking clock
Inspecting your badge
Getting a new badge
Giving the badge back
Drivers with a blue badge
If something changes
Where can you park
You need to check in these places
Places you can’t park
Parking safely
Badges for organisations
Travelling in London
Travelling abroad
Tolls
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Your Blue Badge
A Blue Badge will help you to park
close to where you want to go.
You can have a Blue Badge if you are a
driver or a passenger.
The badge is for parking on the street.
It does not apply to car parks.
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Using your Blue Badge
properly
You must use your Blue Badge
properly.
If you use it in the wrong way you
may have to go to court and pay up to
£1000.
If you are a passenger you must make
sure the driver knows the rules about
using the Blue Badge.
You must never give the badge to
anyone else.
You must not copy the badge.
The badge belongs to your local
council.
They can ask for it back if you use it in
the wrong way.
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Who can use the badge
The badge is for you only.
It can only be used if you are the
driver or the passenger.
It cannot be used by other people,
even if they are doing something for
you.
For example if somebody is doing your
shopping, it doesn’t mean they can
use your badge for parking.
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What to do with the badge
You must put the Blue Badge (and
parking clock) on the dashboard of
the vehicle, where they can be seen.
The badge must be front side up so
that people can read it from outside
the vehicle
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You may get a ticket if you show the
side with your photo.
You must make sure that people
can read your Blue Badge. If it gets
damaged you should ask for a new
one.
Blind people must make sure that
people who are helping them know
how to use the Blue Badge properly.
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When to use the parking
clock
You will be given a parking clock when
you get your Blue Badge.
If you park on yellow lines you are
allowed to stay for up to 3 hours if
there isn’t a ban on loading.
You should use the clock to show the
time that you started parking.
People must be able to see the clock
from outside the vehicle.!
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Inspecting your badge
Police officers, traffic wardens and
some other people may ask to see
your badge.
This includes Civil Enforcement
Officers. Civil Enforcement Officers
may be in plain clothes.
You must show it to them.
You can ask them for their ID first.
They may keep your badge if they
think that you have been using it in
the wrong way.!
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Getting a new badge
You should apply for a new badge
before the old one runs out.
You can apply for a new one at:
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Giving the badge back
You must give the badge back to your
local council if:
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It is out of date
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You aren’t disabled anymore
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You have been given a new one
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It has been damaged
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You don’t need it anymore!
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Drivers with a Blue Badge
If you are a driver and you are
disabled, you must tell the Driver
and Vehicle Licensing Agency
(DVLA).
The DVLA gives people
driving licences.
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You can contact them by:
Post: DVLA
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Phone: 0300 790 6806
Email: [email protected]
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If something changes
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You must always tell your local council
if something changes like:
The badge is running out
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The badge is lost, stolen or
damaged
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You change address
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You change your name
You can also update your details
on the government website:
www.gov.uk/change-blue-badge-details!
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Where you can park
You must always check to see what
the rules are when you are parking.
Yellow lines
You can park on single or double
yellow lines for up to 3 hours if there
isn’t a ban on loading.
You have to use your blue
parking clock.
You have to wait for at least 1 hour
before you go back and park there
again.
Parking on the street
You can park for free where there are:
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Parking meters
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Pay and display machines
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Special places for disabled people
with a blue wheelchair symbol
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You need to check in these
places
You may be able to park for free in
these places - but you need to check:
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Car parks. Some car parks allow
disabled people to park for free.
You need to check
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Some town centres have local
schemes. You have to check
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Places where anyone can park on
the street for a certain time. There
may be signs that says how long
people with a Blue Badge can park
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Places you cannot park
You cannot just park anywhere. You
have to follow the rules of the road.
These are set out in the Highway
Code.
You cannot park:
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Where there is a ban on loading or
unloading
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Where parking is only for certain
people - like the people who live or
work there
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Places where people are allowed
to cross the road
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Clearways - roads where stopping
is not allowed
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Bus stops
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School ‘keep clear’ areas
Bus, tram or cycle lanes. Blue
Badge holders cannot drive in bus
lanes during their hours of
operation
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Where there are double white lines
in the middle of the road
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Where there is a parking meter but
it is out of use
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Where there are ‘no-waiting’
cones!
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Parking safely
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Do not park where it would:
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Be dangerous
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Create difficulties for people
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Block pedestrians and other road
users
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Be too close to a junction
Make a road too narrow
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Hold up traffic
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Stop emergency vehicles from
going in or out
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Stop somebody in a wheelchair
from crossing the road where a
kerb is lowered
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Be on a pavement
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Badges for organisations
Some organisations that care for
and transport disabled people, can
get a Blue badge.
The badge will have the logo of the
or
ganisation on the back, instead
of a photo.
It can only be used if they are
transporting someone who would
be eligible for their own Blue Badge
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Organisations that have a Blue Badge
can only use them if they have a
disabled passenger.
All the workers of the organisation
need to know the rules about using
the Blue Badge.
Organisations must give back their
Blue Badge if:
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The organisation stops working
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The organisation stops caring for,
or transporting disabled people
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Travelling in London
4 London boroughs don’t always allow
people with a Blue Badge to park. You
need to check.
They are:
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The London Borough of
Kensington & Chelsea
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The City of Westminster
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The City of London
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Part of the London Borough of
Camden!
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The Congestion Charge
Blue Badge holders don’t have to pay
the Congestion Charge.
The Congestion Charge is money
people have to pay to take vehicles
into the centre of London.
You have to register first with
Transport for London.
It costs £10.
You can register online at:
www.tfl.gov.uk
You can get more information by:
Post: Congestion Charging
PO Box 344
Darlington
DL1 9QS
Phone: 0343 222 2222
Textphone: 020 7649 9123
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Travelling abroad
We are now not a part of the
European Union.
You now need to check which
countries accept UK Blue Badges.
There are no formal arrangements
with other countries. You should
check before travelling.
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