Blue Badge Application Form

If you wish to claim a Blue Badge it is your responsibility to complete an application form. Those people who feel that they are unable to complete the application form themselves may ask a family member to assist. Failing this they can obtain help from the relevant department at their local authority. The application form asks for numerous pieces of personal information and information relating to the disability for which the badge is being claimed for. In some cases claimants may be required to provide supporting evidence or may have to be checked over by a medical professional.

In most circumstance a Blue Badge will be granted for a period of three years; after this time the recipient must reapply to the local authority. In some cases where a badge has been provided due to temporary DLA payments or due to receiving a war pension the Blue Badge will terminate at the end of these payments.

Applications forms will usually be processed within twenty eight days if the correct supporting evidence has been provided. An application form must be completed for a new badge, for a renewal badge, to replace lost or stolen badges and to replace faded badges.

The applicant must state whether they will be a driver or passenger in the car which will use the Blue Badge; the registration number of the principal vehicle must also be given.

Two recent passport sized photographs must be included in the application form, these must be signed and must also have the applicants name printed on each. If you are completing the application form on behalf of somebody else you should sign and print your name.

The maximum fee that can be charged by a local authority for a Blue Badge is 2, it is likely that this must be included in the application form. From January 2012 the maximum fee will changed to 10, this will allow more sophisticated badges to be designed that will prevent fraudulent badges being developed.

Part B of the application form asks for the personal details of the applicant, such information includes the address and date of birth of the claimant. The address and identity of the applicant will need to be confirmed.

The address can be proven by including a copy of a utility bill, credit card statement, benefit entitlement or bank or building society statement. Local authorities check the address provided to ensure you are entitled to receive a badge for the applied area, this document must be dates within the last three months.

The final part of the form is used to assess whether you are eligible to receive a Blue Badge, if you answer yes to any of these questions you will be automatically entitled for a Blue Badge. Before the badge is sent out to you the correct supporting evidence must have been sent to the relevant local authority.