Can I get a blue badge?

Who can get a Blue Badge 

You’re automatically eligible for a Blue Badge if you:

• are registered as blind
• get the higher rate of the mobility component of Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
• get Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and scored 8 points or more in the ‘moving around’ area of your assessment - check your decision letter if you’re not sure
• get War Pensioners’ Mobility Supplement 
• received a lump sum payment as part of the Armed Forces Compensation scheme (tariffs 1 to 8), and have been certified as having a permanent and substantial disability

If you're not automatically eligible

You might still be able to get a badge. You'll have to fill in an extra part of the application to show why you need one. 

You should do this if:

• you have problems walking that are permanent, or that your doctor says are likely to last at least a year
• you can't use your arms
• you're applying on behalf of a child aged over 2 who has problems walking, or a child under 3 who needs to be close to a vehicle because of a health condition

The application is more complicated if you're not automatically eligible. It's worth getting help from an adviser at your nearest Citizens Advice to fill in the form properly.