Applying for Blue Badge

If you wish to proceed and apply for a Blue Badge, you can:

• You can save time and apply for your Blue Badge online
• print off one the relevant application forms:
  • Eligible without further assessment application form 
     (154 KB)
  • Eligible subject to further assessment application form
     (197 KB)
  • Under three application form  (154 KB) 
• along with the Blue Badge Guidance Notes  (117 KB)
• take your completed form to your local Customer Service Centre.

If you are an organisation wishing to apply for a Blue Badge on behalf of the customers that you will be transporting, you will need to complete the Organisational Blue Badge application form  (133 KB).

See also:  

• View the letter sent out to GP practices   (38 KB)
• Blue Badge Scheme FAQ's
• Code of Data Matching Practice

If you have an enquiry in relation to this scheme, please contact your local Customer Service Centre:

All Customer Service Centres will be pleased to help you complete applications forms if needed.

The District Council have the responsibility to decide if you are eligible to be issued with a badge. There is no right of appeal, but if you are dissatisfied with the manner in which your application has been handled please put your complaint in writing to the centre you received your badge.

Help Us to Help You

In order for us to process your application quickly you must:

• Provide evidence of eligibility if applying under the without further assessment criteria
• Be able to attend an independent mobility assessment if required
• Provide supporting evidence if applying under the eligible subject to further assessment criteria

Please do not request evidence from your GP.
If you have problems supplying written evidence please visit your local customer centre for advice.

• Complete the form carefully, giving all the details requested
• Sign and date the declaration
• Enclose a recent passport photograph and sign on the back
• If you visit the Customer Service Centre in person you may pay cash or use a debit card. If you are eligible for a Blue Badge there will be a charge of £10.
• Your Blue Badge will be valid for a maximum of three years. Badges will be valid for periods of less than three years where the applicant is a child under the age of three or the evidence provided originally is valid for less than three years.  Always check that your Blue Badge is still valid.

Please note – your photograph will NOT be returned to you if your application is unsuccessful.

Renewal Applications

You must ensure that you re-apply to your local Customer Service Centre prior to the expiry date of your current badge. This can be done up to four weeks before the expiry date. If you still meet the eligibility criteria, your renewed badge will be posted to your home address from a central location so please apply well in advance of the expiry date on your current badge. Your renewed badge will start from the date your old one expires.

Once expired, the old badge should be returned to any Worcestershire Hub Customer Service Centre.

Please note, although you will have previously provided evidence, further documentation may be requested as your circumstances may have changed. The cost of a Blue Badge renewal is £10.

Lost or stolen badges
If your badge has been lost or stolen you must report it to the Police and obtain a criminal reference number before contacting your local Worcestershire Hub Customer Service Centre. Please note you will be required to pay the cost of producing the badge - £10.

Return of Badges

Parking Badges for the Disabled are non-transferrable and must be returned to the District Customer Centre if they are no longer required.

• Blue Badge Scheme FAQ's