Blue badge after refused High rate mobility?

poppy12345

elle_may wrote: »

At our council if you have 8 point's of the daily living allowance you can have a badge automatically.

All councils give a Blue Badge if awarded 8 points or more in the "moving around part" of PIP

GlasweJen

our council has such a poor service for assessing blue badge applications outwith the pip/dla/blind entitlement that it was faster for me to appeal the pip decision and send the tribunal result to them than it was to wait to be assessed by a physio.

teddysmum

There must be many people, especially the elderly, who don't get benefits because they can (even just about) manage at home , that should be awarded a blue badge because they can't get about outside the home.

missbiggles1

teddysmum wrote: »

There must be many people, especially the elderly, who don't get benefits because they can (even just about) manage at home , that should be awarded a blue badge because they can't get about outside the home.

Then they can apply and get one - my mother certainly did.

w06

It's pretty straightforward, in the two council areas that I've lived in, to apply for a blue badge without receiving benefit, just means you need to meet their alternative criteria.

missbiggles1

w06 wrote: »

It's pretty straightforward, in the two council areas that I've lived in, to apply for a blue badge without receiving benefit, just means you need to meet their alternative criteria.

I don't think the criteria are alternative - they're much the same as for claiming the relevant benefit.

w06

Agreed, I meant alternative as in if you don't qualify by receiving the relevant benefit

teddysmum

missbiggles1 wrote: »

Then they can apply and get one - my mother certainly did.

Hopefully, they will.

WantToBeSE

My council don't let you have a blue badge EVEN IF you get the enhanced mobility part of PIP, unless you physically cannot walk.

Ames

WantToBeSE wrote: »

My council don't let you have a blue badge EVEN IF you get the enhanced mobility part of PIP, unless you physically cannot walk.

In England and Wales if you get 8 points (standard rate) on physical mobility you automatically qualify for a blue badge, councils can't refuse. If you get enhanced mobility on the mental health side then there's no automatic qualification.

In Scotland you can get one for mental illness.