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Blue Car Badges
Blue parking badges allow cars carrying people who are registered blind or people who have severe walking difficulties to park near shops, stations and other facilities.
Blue car badges are part of a nationally recognised disabled parking scheme. You can find out more from the Department for Transport website - Access for disabled people.
Applying for / renewing a badge
To apply for a new blue badge or renew an existing one, please complete one of the relevant application forms below:
- Blue car badge application / renewal form
- Blue car badge application / renewal form - Guidance notes
- Organisational blue car badge application form
- Organisational blue car badge applicatation form - Guidance notes
Lost or stolen badges
If your Blue Car Badge has been lost or stolen, please complete a lost or stolen blue car badge form and return it to the address below.
Am I eligible to apply?
You are eligible if:
- You receive the higher rate of the mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance
- 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 severe upper arm disabilities in both arms and regularly drive a non-adapted vehicle but cannot operate, or have considerable difficulty in operating all or some types of parking meter
- You have a permanent and substantial disability which means you are unable to walk or have very considerable difficulty in walking. In this case we may ask you more questions to help us determine whether you are eligible for a badge
This authority is under a duty to protect the public funds it administers, and to this end may use the information you provide for the prevention and detection of fraud. It may also share this information with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds for these purposes.
How long can I keep the badge?
Children under the age of two, with specific medical conditions, will expire on the day after their second birthday. After this point they will be required to apply for a Blue Badge in the same fashion as other children over the age of two years.
The period of issue of a badge will be linked to the period of receipt of the Disability Living Allowance or War Pensioners Mobility Supplement where that period is less than 3 years. In all other cases, including where Disability Living Allowance or War Pensioners Mobility Supplement has been granted for life, the three-year period of issue will be retained as the maximum.
Organisations caring for disabled people meeting the above criteria may be able to get a badge, but this is entirely at our discretion.
Who to contact
Access Trafford
Ground Floor
Waterside House
Sale Waterside
Sale
M33 7ZF
Email: access.trafford@trafford.gov.uk
Telephone: 0161 912 2000
Fax: 0161 912 3109
This page was last reviewed on 14 July 2010
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