Blue badge application - what are they looking for?

66Mustang

I believe I educated myself well, partly thanks to this site, on the PIP questions in so far as I knew what to put down and what not to mention i.e. what they were interested in and what was irrelevant (to them).

I am hoping to do the same with the blue badge.

Can anyone tell me what sort of things they are actually looking for? Is there a link to anything on the internet that can help?

I am not asking for the "exam answers", so to speak, more just want to make sure I don't waste a load of space putting down them a load of information that they are not interested in.

Thanks.

poppy123456

If your PIP mobility doesn't automatically entitle you to a BB then it will depend on the reasons why you're claiming the BB. 

If it's for mental health reasons they you'll need to take a look at the criteria for your local Authority as they all have different rules outside of automatically qualifying.

In my LA it's unlikely that my daughter would qualify because although she has ASD and a learning disability she doesn't experience extreme anxiety to the point she's unable to go out. For this reason i have never applied for her.

If it's extreme anxiety for you and this may qualify you then you should concentrate on exactly what happens when you are able to go out.

66Mustang

Thanks Poppy that's useful to know.

poppy123456

You're welcome. Good luck!

66Mustang

Just to update I have read through my local authority's criteria and decided not to apply, but I may do in future when I am ready to start going out alone.

I don't feel I experience "extreme" anxiety when I am out because I always have someone with me for support, but I would feel this level of anxiety if I were alone.

When I do start going out alone I feel it would make things easier and I think I will save the application until then.

Thanks again!

2oldcodgers

66Mustang said:

Just to update I have read through my local authority's criteria and decided not to apply, but I may do in future when I am ready to start going out alone.

I don't feel I experience "extreme" anxiety when I am out because I always have someone with me for support, but I would feel this level of anxiety if I were alone.

When I do start going out alone I feel it would make things easier and I think I will save the application until then.

Thanks again!

Quite sensible and wish that more would consider your decision instead of claiming by way of exaggeration of existing difficulties. It does make it difficult for those that are clearly entitled to a BB as the time it now takes for the LA to make a decision - now up to 16 weeks!