Slough Borough Council: Parking permits (blue badges)

Parking permits (blue badges)

The blue badge scheme provides a national arrangement of parking concessions for people with severe walking difficulties who travel either as drivers or passengers.

The scheme also applies to registered blind people and people with very severe upper limb disabilities who regularly drive a vehicle but cannot use a steering wheel by hand. It allows badge holders to park close to their destination, but the national concessions apply only to on-street parking.

The new European-style blue badge was introduced in April 2000, and as existing badges come up for renewal, or as new applications were processed orange badges were replaced with blue badges. Orange badges are no longer recognised. The blue badge policy can be found below.

You can get a badge 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 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 very 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 causes very considerable, and not intermittent, difficulty in walking.

Photographs

The blue badge is a two-sided card with space for a photograph of the badge holder on the back of the card. Any application should be accompanied by two reasonably recent photographs, which should be signed on the back. Passport-type photographs taken from self-service booths or any suitable photographs cut down to a passport photo size are appropriate.

If you would like to apply for a blue badge please contact our customer service centre: MyCouncil, Landmark Place, High Street, Slough SL1 1JL. Telephone 01753 475111 or email enquiries@slough.gov.uk.

You can also apply for a blue badge by downloading the following forms:

Application Form for a Disabled Persons Parking Badge - This form is for a new, renewal or lost/stolen application for a disabled persons parking badge. For a renewal application you must note your previous blue badge serial number which can be found on the expired blue badge.
East Berkshire Health Authority Medical Claim Form - This form also needs to be completed by your GP. There is no charge for the completion of this form.

For further details of this scheme you will also find the following below: