Blue Badge Scheme

The Blue Badge Scheme provides a national arrangement of parking concessions for people with with severe mobility difficulties.

The scheme provides parking concessions for people with:

• severe walking difficulties who travel either as drivers or passengers
• registered blind people
• people with very severe upper limb disabilities who regularly drive a vehicle but cannot turn a steering wheel by hand

The scheme allows badge holders to park closer to their destination, but the national concessions apply only to on-street parking.

Please note that from 1^st April 2012 the following changes will take place:

Applying or Renewing a Blue Badge
Will mean completing a different application form and providing different information for example, applicants will need to provide Proof of Identify and Proof of Address. More details regarding what documentation can be found on the application form itself. This is so the authority can process your application more effectively and take an informed decision about whether or not you satisfy the criteria for a badge to be issued.

Charges
There will be NO charge for Blue Badge.

Telephone Helpline for General Enquiries
There will be a new National telephone helpline for Blue Badge general enquiries - 0844 4630215

Apply Online

· You will be able to apply for and renew a badge online. Those applying online can also update changes to their details. Customers need to note that they will need to provide additional information to complete the application.

· You can sign up for text and email reminders at renewal time;

· You will be able to 'track' your application online via the website.

Issuing the Blue Badge – The Contact Centre will no longer be able to issue the Blue Badge while you wait. The badge will be issued by a separate organisation and will be posted directly to you.

Terminally ill applicants – There is a simplified process to apply for a Blue Badge for terminally ill applicants. They would need to provide the document DS1500.

Existing Blue Badges
Customers with current badges valid to 31st March 2015 will not need to reapply for a replacement badge.

Applying for a Blue Badge
Applications can be obtained from the Council's Contact Centre or downloaded from the 'Downloads' section at the bottom of this page.

Alternatively, the application can be posted to you by contacting the Blue Badge Team at the: 

Car Badge Unit, Contact Swansea, County Hall, Swansea SA1 3SN.
Tel: (01792) 637366 or email: carbadge@swansea.gov.uk