Qualifying for a Blue Badge

In order to apply for your Blue Badge from us you must pay your Council Tax and be registered with a GP surgery in Hampshire.

Eligible without further assessment

People who may be issued with a badge without further assessment are those who are more than two years old and fall within one or more of the following descriptions:

• Receives the Higher Rate of the Mobility Component of the Disability Living Allowance (HRMCDLA)
• Is registered blind (severely sight impaired)
• Receives a War Pensioner's Mobility Supplement (WPMS)
• Has been both awarded a lump sum benefit at tariffs 1-8 of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and certified as having a permanent and substantial disability which causes inability to walk or very considerable difficulty in walking.

Eligible subject to further assessment

People who may be issued with a badge after further assessment are those who are more than two years old and fall within one or more of the following descriptions:

• Drives a vehicle regularly, has a severe disability in both arms and is unable to operate, or has considerable difficulty in operating, all or some types of parking meter; or
• Has a permanent and substantial disability which causes inability to walk or very considerable difficulty in walking.

In addition, children under the age of three may be eligible for a badge if they fall within either or both of the following descriptions:

• A child who, on account of a condition, must always be accompanied by bulky medical equipment which cannot be carried around with the child without great difficulty;
• A child who, on account of a condition, must always be kept near a motor vehicle so that, if necessary, treatment for that condition can be given in the vehicle or the child can be taken quickly in the vehicle to a place where such treatment can be given.

You do not qualify if:

• You have a psychological disorder, learning or behavioural problems. This will not normally qualify you unless your impairment causes very considerable, and not intermittent, difficulty in walking.
• You have a disabling condition that is only temporary, such as a broken leg.