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• are receiving the higher rate of the Mobility Component of the Disability Living Allowance
• are receiving a War Pensioner's Mobility Supplement
• use a motor vehicle supplied by a government health department
• are a registered blind person
• have severe disability in both upper limbs, drive a motor vehicle regularly but cannot turn the steering wheel by hand even if that wheel is fitted with a turning knob
• have a permanent and substantial disability which causes inability to walk or very considerable difficulty in walking

Your local authority is responsible for issuing Blue Badge parking permits - contact them for more information.

Where the Blue Badge Scheme applies:

• you are allowed to park at on-street parking meters and pay-and-displays free of charge (unless there is a local traffic order in force specifying a time limit)

• you may be exempted from parking time limits imposed on other road users

• in England and Wales, you may usually park on double or single yellow lines for up to three hours

• there is no time limit on parking in Scotland unless there is a ban on loading and unloading

• you will need to display the special blue parking disk displaying the time of arrival in addition to the Blue Badge. If you run up your time limit, you cannot renew it immediately on the same road or part of a road, but must allow an interval of at least one hour.
  
  
• The badges can be used while travelling abroad within the European Union (EU) and in some other European countries. The Blue Badge scheme does not apply to off-street car parks, private roads or at most airports.
  

• it does not apply on private roads or in off-street car parks. However, some parking bays are for the use of disabled people

• some town centres limit access to vehicles with locally issued special permits or even prohibit all transit

• it does not apply to road systems at some airports (such as Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester) and it is best to contact the airport you want to go to in advance to find out about its parking situation

• City of London; City of Westminster; London Borough of Camden (south of and including Euston Road); and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. If you live and/or work in any of these four areas, however, you may apply for one of their own independent concessionary schemes.

• red routes (marked by a double red line) unless at the times and spaces specified on the signposts.

Blue Badge vehicles may, however, stop to pick up or set down the badge holder.

Parking in London is a nightmare for anyone but you can find Blue Badge parking bays with DirectGov here

Local councils can take away a badge if the badge holder misuses it - for example, by allowing other people to use it or if a person's disability improves so that they are no longer eligible for the scheme.

If you are a badge holder, it can only be used for your benefit. If a trip is for someone else and you are a passenger and staying in the vehicle, you cannot use the badge simply to let them benefit from free parking.

Blue Badges need to be properly issued and displayed. It is an offence if a badge is not removed from a vehicle and people other than the badge holder take advantage of the parking concessions under the scheme.

Misuse of the badge itself by a non-disabled person is an offence. The maximum fine if someone is convicted is £1,000 plus any additional penalty for the related parking offence.

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