The Blue Badge scheme helps people with severe mobility problems, park close to their destination.
You will qualify for a Blue Badge without further assessment if you:
- receive a Personal Independence Payment (PIP)* with the following:
- 8 points or more for the ‘Moving Around’ part of the mobility section
- 10 points in the ‘Planning and Following a Journey’ part of the mobility section. The description must be: unable to undertake a journey due to considerable psychological distress.
- receive the higher rate of the mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance.
- receive a war pensioner’s mobility supplement.
- are registered blind (partially sighted is not an automatic qualification).
Please check your benefit to ensure you qualify before starting the application.
*You must provide a full copy of your PIP document including points breakdown. The front page letter is not enough.
There are criteria which include both physical and non-physical (sometimes called ‘hidden’) disabilities. Dementia, especially in the earlier stages, may fall more into the non-physical disabilities category.
These two websites have useful advice:
Alzheimer’s Society’s website for advice relating to Dementia.
https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/blog/how-apply-blue-badge-person-dementia
Parkinson’s for advice relating to Dementia.
https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/news/applying-blue-badge-being-made-easier-those-hidden-disabilities
More information
https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/roads-parking-and-travel/parking/blue-badges/?page=1
Ready? Apply online for a Blue Badge
https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/roads-parking-and-travel/parking/blue-badges/?page=4