Blue Badge Information

Blue parking badges allow cars carrying people who are registered blind or who have severe walking difficulties to park near shops, stations and other facilities.

A range of people are eligible for Blue Badges including:

 

  • People who are registered blind
  • People who receive the higher rate of the mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance
  • People who use a motor vehicle supplied for disabled people by a government health department
  • People who receive a government grant towards their vehicles
  • People who a War Pensioners' Mobility Supplement
  • People who have a permanent and substantial disability that makes walking impossible or very difficult
  • People who have a severe disability in both upper limbs, 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
  • Disabled children under 16 years

 

Blue Badges can also be issued to an organisation which transports disabled people. Blue badges are free.

People can apply online for a Blue Badge or by contacting the Customer Service Centre on 0845 053 0049.

Taken from the www.lancashire.gov.uk website

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