Blue Badge Scheme

The Blue Badge Scheme is a national arrangement of parking concessions for people with severe walking disabilities who travel as either drivers or passengers to park near shops, stations and other facilities. The Scheme also applies to registered blind people, and people with severe upper limb disabilities who drive a vehicle but cannot turn a steering wheel by hand. The Blue Badge is recognised throughout Europe.

General Notes and Conditions of Use

You can get a badge if:

you receive the high rate of mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance (temporary badges can now be issued for a period of less than 3 years to people who are in receipt of this allowance for longer than 12 months)
you receive a War Pensioners' Mobility Supplement
you use a motor vehicle supplied for disabled people by a Government Health Department
you are registered blind
you 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
you 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 caused very considerable, and not intermittent, difficulty in walking
(Note: Children under 2 years of age would not normally qualify for a badge because they would not be expected to be able to walk independently. Those with specific medical conditions which require bulky medical equipment may qualify. Organisations caring for disabled people meeting one or more of the above criteria may be able to get a badge, but this is entirely at the local authorities' discretion and conditions for using such a badge must be strictly observed.)

If you think you may be entitled to a badge please download, print, complete and return an application form, or contact us using the details below.

Public Transport Unit
Development Services
Clackmannanshire Council
Kilncraigs
Greenside Street
ALLOA
FK10 1EB

Your local authority will decide if you are eligible for a badge. There is no right of appeal against their decision if you do not meet the eligibility conditions.

Photographs:

The Blue Badge is a two-sided card with a space for a photograph of the badge holder on the back of the card. Your application should, therefore, be accompanied by two reasonably recent photographs, which you should sign on the back. You may send passport type photographs taken from self-service booths or any suitable photographs cut down to a passport photo size.

Where to park:

Badge holders may park free of charge and without time limit at parking meters on-street and pay-and-display on-street parking unless a local traffic order, specify a time limit for holders of disabled parking badges is in force. The Blue Badge must be displayed

How to use the badge:

you must display the badge on top of the dashboard or facia panel of a vehicle with the front of the badge (i.e. the side showing the wheelchair-user symbol) facing forward so that the relevant details are legible from outside of the vehicle when using the parking benefits. If the vehicle does not have a dashboard or facia panel you must exhibit the badge in a conspicuous position of the vehicle so that the relevant details are legible from outside the vehicle when using the parking benefits.
the badge should only be displayed when using the parking benefits under the scheme, except if the vehicle is being driven by someone other than the badge holder for the purpose of entering or leaving an area (which is accessible only to vehicles displaying a blue badge) in order to pick up or drop off the badge holder.
Non-disabled members for their own benefit must not use similar badges given to organisations caring for disabled people. These badges must not be on display except when the vehicle is being used for the benefit of disabled people.
Badges last for three years only. When you need a new one apply to the issuing authority for reassessment some weeks before the badge expires.
You must return the badge to the issuing authority if you no longer need it.

Misuse of a Badge:

Misuse of a Blue Badge is a serious offence.

your badge can be withdrawn if you misuse it or allow others to misuse it.
it is a criminal offence for non-disabled people to use a badge. If they do so, they are liable to a fine of up to £1,000.
it is a criminal offence to drive a vehicle displaying a blue badge unless the badge holder is in the vehicle, or the vehicle is being driven by someone other than the badge holder for the purpose of entering or leaving an area (which is accessible only to vehicles displaying a blue badge) in order to pick up or drop off the holder.