Blue Badges

Lancashire County Council administers the Blue Badge scheme. We issue badges under the Department for Transport guidelines and regulations.

Please check you meet the eligibility for a Blue Badge and read the important information before you apply.

You can apply for a blue badge with Lancashire County Council here: Blue Badges - Lancashire County Council

You will qualify for a Blue Badge without further assessment if you:

receive a Personal Independence Payment (PIP)* with the following:
- 8 points or more for the 'Moving Around' part of the mobility section
- 10 points in the 'Planning and Following a Journey' part of the mobility section. The description must be: unable to undertake a journey due to considerable psychological distress.
receive the higher rate of the mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance.
receive a war pensioner's mobility supplement.
are registered blind (partially sighted is not an automatic qualification).

Physical disabilities

You may qualify for a badge if you are over two years old and:

have an enduring and substantial disability, which means you are unable to walk or have considerable difficulty whilst walking.
drive a motor vehicle regularly, have a severe disability in both arms and are unable to operate, or have considerable difficulty in operating, all or some types of parking meters.

Non-physical disabilities

You may qualify for a badge if you are more than two years old and:

are unable to walk.
experience very considerable difficulty whilst walking during the course of a journey, including considerable psychological distress.
could be at risk of serious harm, or pose a risk of serious harm to another person.