Blue Badge parking permit

Visit the GOV.UK website to apply for or renew a Blue Badge

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Remember: Visit a First Point location to access our public computers; these are found within our Madeley, Newport, Telford and Wellington libraries.

If you are unable to complete an application form online, please request help from a relative or family friend. If this is not possible, please call our Contact Centre on 01952 383838 and select option 5 for further help and advice.

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Your Blue Badge

Once you have completed your online application, you will be given a tracking reference number. Please email your tracking reference number, name and address to BlueBadge@telford.gov.uk, along with with the following documents:

• view our eligibility page for proof of eligibility
• proof of your identity
• proof of address
• a recent passport-style photograph (if you haven't already uploaded one via the online form).

What happens next?

We will contact you, usually within 10 working days of submitting your application, to:

• tell you whether your application has been successful
• ask you to attend a mobility assessment
• ask you to provide further documentation
• if your application has been unsuccessful, we will explain the reasons why it has not been approved.

If your application is successful we will then request your new badge, and this should be issued within 5 to 7 days.

Cost

• A Blue Badge is valid for up to 3 years and costs £10.
• You can't currently pay for your Blue Badge when you apply online. So once your application has been approved we will contact you be email or phone.
• To request payment, which you can do by calling 01952 383838 and selecting option 5, where your payment will be taken.

Renewals

Visit the GOV.UK website to renew your badge online up to 10 weeks before your old one expires. However, we will also send you a reminder letter. Please remember to inform us if you change address.

Proof accepted

Once you have completed your online application, remember to email your tracking reference number, name and address to BlueBadge@telford.gov.uk, along with the relevant proof.

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Proof of eligibility

Qualifying categories:

• a letter dated within the last 12 months that shows entitlement to either the High Rate Component of Disability Living Allowance - Mobility, or
• a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) letter that shows 8 points or more of the "moving around" mobility component of PIP (please provide all pages of your award letter - which shows the number of points you have been awarded for the "moving around" mobility component of PIP), or
• proof of being registered blind (i.e. a registration card), or
• War Pensioners Mobility Supplement, or
• proof of lump sum benefit from an Armed Forces Compensation payment (within tariff levels 1-8).

Proof of identity:

• an original birth or adoption certificate, marriage or divorce certificate, or
• a valid photo card, driving licence or passport.

Proof of address:

• a council tax or utility bill, or
• a benefit award letter, or
• a letter from a hospital addressed to you at your home and dated within the last 12 months.

Photographs:

A digital photograph of the full head of the badge holder, facing forwards, looking straight at the camera (without anyone else visible) is required and must be:

• in colour
• in a JPG or GIF document format
• a maximum image size of 200 KB
• taken within the last 12 months
• undamaged
• free from red-eye, shadows, reflections or glare from spectacles
• in sharp focus and clear.

Last updated: 31/05/2024 16:38