The Blue Badge scheme allows people with enduring and substantial disabilities who travel either as drivers or passengers to park near where they want to go.

It is for:

  • Drivers or passengers with an enduring and substantial disability which causes them, during a course of a journey, to:

    - Be unable to walk.

    - Experience very considerable difficulty whilst walking, which may include very considerable psychological distress.

    - Be at risk of serious harm when walking; or pose, when walking, a risk of serious harm to any other person.

  • drivers with very severe upper limb disabilities who cannot turn the steering wheel by hand
  • passengers who are registered blind.

It is not for people with occasional or temporary difficulties, such as a broken leg or other injury.

Apply for a Blue Badge

The easiest way to apply is online through the DirectGov website.

Apply for a Blue Badge online

Or you can apply directly to us. Call the Sandwell Enquiry Team on 0121 569 2266, between 9am and 5.30pm Monday to Thursday, and 9am to 5pm on Fridays. We will complete an assessment over the phone.

Organisations wishing to apply for a Blue Badge can apply online through the link above or contact the Enquiry Team on 0121 569 2266.

You will need to tell us:

  • your name, address, date of birth and place of birth
  • about your difficulties whilst walking and details of any medical conditions or disabilities that cause you difficulties
  • your national insurance number
  • details of any previous badge you have held.

After the call we will make contact with you if we require any further information.

If you have hearing problems, we can email or send you an application form in the post.

The administration fee for a Blue Badge is £10, which you should send with other information being returned to us. Please do not send cash through the post. Cheques or postal orders should be made payable to Sandwell MBC.

More information

There is more information about the Blue Badge scheme on the Directgov website. If you do not automatically qualify because of the benefits you are on, or another health condition, then we may ask you to provide further medical evidence or ask you to attend a walking assessment with an accredited health professional, to ascertain eligibility for a blue badge.

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