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Blue Badge Scheme in Wales: Planned Changes to the Automatic Eligibility Criteria

This consultation document outlines how the award of Personal Independence Payment will be linked to automatic eligibility for a Blue Badge.

Extending Eligibility Criteria for a Blue Badge to People with Cognitive Impairments: Final Report

Extending Eligibility Criteria for a Blue Badge to People with Cognitive Impairments: Final Report
Final report commissioned following our commitment to consider extending the eligibility for a Blue Badge to people with cognitive impairments.

How Do I get a Blue Badge?

How Do I get a Blue Badge? A Guide for Applicants in Wales
A Guide for Applicants in Wales.

The Blue Badge Scheme: Rights and Responsibilities in Wales

The Blue Badge Scheme: Rights and Responsibilities in Wales
Leaflet outlining your responsibilities as a Blue Badge holder.

The Blue Badge Scheme: Organisational rights and responsibilities

The Blue Badge Scheme: Organisational rights and responsibilities
This leaflet provides organisations with information about where they can and cannot park in the on-street environment only and how they should use the organisational Blue Badge properly.

A Modern Blue Badge Scheme for Wales: Action Plan for key stakeholders

A Modern Blue Badge Scheme for Wales: Action Plan for key stakeholders
A wide-ranging plan to improve the blue badge scheme for disabled parking.
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The Blue Badge (Disabled Parking) Scheme operates throughout the UK.  It is designed to help blind or disabled people to travel independently as either a driver or a passenger to allow them to park close to where they need to go.






The Scheme allows people who meet the eligibility criteria to park, when displaying their blue badge, where restrictions for other motorists may generally apply. The Scheme plays an important role in helping these people overcome some of the barriers they face when accessing jobs, shops and other important services.

The sections below provide further details to those wishing to apply for a badge, how to use a badge and how the scheme is administered.

Newsletters

Newsletters

24/07/12
Newsletters relating to the implementation of the Blue Badge Scheme.
 
Information for Administrators of the Scheme

Information for Administrators of the Scheme

08/04/12
Guidance and information for Local Authorities.
 
Information for Applicants

Information for Applicants

29/03/12
Eligibility criteria for applying for a Blue Badge.
 
Information for Users

Information for Users

29/03/12
Rules and guidance for the way in which the Blue Badges must be displayed and how they are used.
 
Modernising the Blue Badge Scheme

Modernising the Blue Badge Scheme

29/03/12
The Welsh Government published the Action Plan 'A Modern Blue Badge for Wales' in January 2010 and is working to deliver the key priorities in this document.