Guidance

Running a Blue Badge parking scheme

Guidance for local authorities in England on administering and enforcing the Blue Badge disabled parking scheme.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 29 February 2012
• Last updated: 3 June 2025
  Show all updates

  1. 3 June 2025

     Proof of entitlement for Searchlight updated.

  2. 25 March 2025

     Blue Badge online applications section updated.

  3. 16 May 2022

     Badge eligibility criteria altered from 2 to 3 years of age.

  4. 30 August 2019

     Guidance for local authorities updated.

  5. 15 June 2019

     Guidance updated.

  6. 11 November 2014

     Local authority guidance updated with revisions made to sections 4.4 and 7.3.

  7. 29 February 2012

     First published.

Documents

Blue Badge scheme local authority guidance (England)

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Blue Badge scheme local authority guidance: appendices

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Details

Provides good practice advice for local authorities in England on administering and enforcing the Blue Badge scheme.

The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) document (2013) on the impact of changes to DLA on local authority administration of the Blue Badge scheme that was previously on this page is currently being updated.

Previous guidance

This guidance replaces the previous guidance issued in 2014.