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The Blue Badge Scheme is a national arrangement of parking concessions for people with severe walking difficulties who travel as drivers or passengers in cars.

Eligibility

We decide whether you are eligible to join the scheme using criteria issued by the Department of Transport.

Further information about the national scheme is available at the Directgov website

The scheme allows badge holders to park close to their destination. The national concessions apply to on-street parking and in Bromley Borough only, car parks too. Conditions of use must be adhered to.

Who is the scheme for?
Under the current regulations badges may be issued to you if you:

receive the higher rate of the mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance;
receive a War Pensioners` Mobility Supplement;
use a motor vehicle supplied for disabled people by a Government Health Department;
are registered blind;
have a severe disability in both upper limbs and regularly drive a motor vehicle but cannot turn the steering wheel of a motor vehicle by hand, even if that wheel is fitted with a turning knob;
have a permanent and substantial disability which means you are unable to walk or have considerable difficulty in walking. In this case you may be asked to answer a series of questions to help the local authority determine whether you are eligible for a badge. People with a psychological disorder will not normally qualify unless their impairment causes very considerable, and constant, not intermittent, difficulty in walking;
are an organisation caring for disabled people who meet one or more of the above criteria.

Details

Blue badge holders must be present on the journey and the following dispensations will apply:

Parking on a yellow line (single or double) for up to three hours (except where a loading ban is in force). The time clock must be set and displayed on such occasions.
Parking at on-street paying bays and Council operated car parks free of charge.
Valid disabled badges must be displayed on the dashboard or windscreen of the vehicle and the expiry date of the badge must be visible.

Blue badge holders must NOT park under the following circumstances:

Where the vehicle will cause an obstruction to traffic or pedestrians.
Where there is a loading ban, during the times the ban is in force. A loading ban is shown by one or more yellow kerb markings with a plate saying when the ban applies. If you can't see a plate assume the ban applies 'at any time'.
On school entrance zigzags during prohibited hours and on white zigzag safety markings.
On the pavement (even with one wheel) unless there are signs indicating that it is permitted.
On suspended meter bays, bus stops and places reserved for specific users.