Application supporting documents and photo
When you apply for a badge, you need to show evidence of your identity and address. You also need to prove that you are eligible for a badge.
You can apply for a badge and then send us your evidence separately. We will not start processing your application until we have received all the required evidence.
- Current Council Tax bill showing your name and address, dated within the last 12 months
- Valid driving licence
- Benefit letter from the DWP dated within the last 12 months
- Pension letter from the Pension Service dated within the last 12 months
- If under 16, a confirmation letter from the school the child attends
- Housing benefit (or other benefit) letter dated within the last 12 months
- Award letter from the Service Personnel and Veterans agency dated within the last 12 months
- A confirmation letter from Social Services or other Local Authority service confirming the customer is resident at that address.
- Bank Statement or Utility bill dated within the last 3 months.
- Passport
- Valid driving licence
- Birth/Adoption Certificate
- Marriage/Divorce Certificate
- NCC Bus Pass
- Certificate of British Nationality
- HMS Forces Card
- Identity Card for foreign nationals.
- A letter of diagnosis, as up to date as possible
- Evidence of the progression of the condition over time
- Evidence of prescribed medications relevant to your condition
- Evidence of specialist consultations or referrals for such
- Evidence of risk planning/assessment
- Your patient summary or Summary Care Records
- Education Health and Care Plans (EHCP)
- Care plans from social care teams
- Social housing letters/assessment reports from local authority
- Letters from other professionals involved in your care
- Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decision letters
- Evidence of other benefits received
- Contact details of professionals who can support your application.
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Proof of Personal Independence Payment:
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Must be dated within the last 12 months.
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Must state the end date of award.
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Must include the breakdown of the mobility component detailing that you receive either:
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8 or more points for "Moving Around".
OR
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10 points under Activity 11, descriptor E for "Planning and following a journey", which states "you cannot undertake any journeys because it would cause overwhelming psychological distress".
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- Proof of higher rate disability allowance – dated within the last 12 months
- Proof of War Pensioners Mobility Supplement - dated within the last 12 months
- Proof of being awarded a lump sum benefit at tariff 1-8 of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and have been certified as having a permanent and substantial disability which causes inability to walk or very considerable difficulty in walking – dated within the last 12 months
- Proof of being registered blind -CVI or BD8.
All blue badges require a photo of the badge holder. The photo must be:
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Passport style, showing your face and shoulders
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Passport size (approximately)
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With a plain, well-lit background
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With no objects or other people in the frame
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A clear image
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A true likeness
The photo does not need to be an official passport photo. It can be taken on a smart phone, or you can use another type of digital or printed/developed photo that you already have.
If you’ve had a badge before we can use the same photo on your new badge but if you believe the photo on your current badge is no longer a true likeness, please send us a new photo.
We can reuse a previous photo on a maximum of three badges.
You can upload your supporting document at the time of making your online application.
Or,
If you couldn’t attach your supporting document to your application, you can post it to us separately:
Blue Badge Team, PO Box 1889, Nottingham, NG2 9RU
Please only send copies of documents.
Or,
You can use our online service to:
- Confirm your identity and address
- Send us electronic documents, or photos of documents
- Send us your photo to include on the badge
