What is a Blue Badge?
Blue badge permits provide parking concessions if you have severe mobility problems and have difficulty using public transport. Blue badge holders can either be the driver or the passenger of a vehicle they are travelling in.
Cost of a Blue Badge
The charge is £9 for a new badge and £5 for a replacement badge.
Apply for a new Blue Badge or renew your badge
- Online through GOV.UK using the link below
Apply for a new Blue Badge or renew your badge
- or by calling Cambridgeshire Direct on 0345 045 5204 and we will take you through the application by phone. We are open 8am – 6pm Monday to Friday and 9.00am – 1.00pm on Saturday
You may renew your Blue Badge every three years no more than 10 weeks before your old badge is due to expire.
Once we are in receipt of the correct documentation it can take up to 6 weeks to issue your badge
Who can have a Blue Badge?
Automatic criteria
You are automatically eligible to apply for a Blue Badge if you are over two years old and meet one of the following criteria
- receive the Higher Rate Mobility Component of Disability Living Allowance
- are severely sight impaired (registered blind)
- receive the War Pensioner’s Mobility Supplement
- receive a lump sum benefit from the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme (within tariff levels 1-8). You must also have been certified as having a permanent and substantial disability which causes inability to walk or very considerable difficulty in walking.
As part of your application you will be required to provide supporting documentation as evidence of your qualifying benefit.
Discretionary criteria
If you do not automatically qualify, we will assess your eligibility for a Blue Badge. Anyone over two years old may be eligible for a Blue Badge, if they either:
- have a permanent and substantial disability which means you cannot walk, or which makes walking very difficult. An Independent Mobility Assessment may be required to assess the level of disability
- Drive a motor vehicle regularly, have a severe disability in both arms, and are unable to operate all or some types of parking meter (or would find it very difficult to operate them)
Children under 3 years
If you are the parent of a child who is less than 3 years old, you may apply for a blue badge for your child if they have a specific medical condition which means that they:
- Must always be accompanied by bulky medical equipment which cannot be carried around without great difficulty; and/or
- Need to be kept near a vehicle at all times, so that they can, if necessary, be treated in the vehicle, or quickly driven to a place where they can be treated, such as a hospital.
The information you provide in your application will be processed and shared with partner agencies in accordance with the Data Protection Act and may be used for the prevention and detection of fraud and shared with other appropriate bodies for auditing purposes. Further information on privacy.