Blue Badge Scheme

Rharia

Hi there

Does anyone know when the new changes to the blue badge scheme will come in to place - as the government indicated it would be early 2019...

calcotti

Rharia wrote: »

Hi there

Does anyone know when the new changes to the blue badge scheme will come in to place - as the government indicated it would be early 2019...

I think is lost in the Brexit quagmire.

poppy12345

Rharia wrote: »

Hi there

Does anyone know when the new changes to the blue badge scheme will come in to place - as the government indicated it would be early 2019...

End of August 2019.


http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/891/made


For following and planning a journey you need to score 10 points in descriptor E, cannot undertake any journey because it will cause overwhelming psychological distress to the claimant. This will automatically qualify you.

calcotti

Thanks poppy - I had missed that this had (finally) gone through.

poppy12345

No worries. I really can't see the reason behind this though because what's the point of a BB if you can't undertake any journey.... it baffles me.

lisyloo

poppy12345 wrote: »

No worries. I really can't see the reason behind this though because what's the point of a BB if you can't undertake any journey.... it baffles me.

Does it mean can’t undertake the journey without the BB?

LadyDee

There's often not enough Disabled spaces in car parks for those who cannot physically walk more than a yard or two, so I wonder how all those who will qualify under the new legislation together with the current users will manage to even get a space.

K80_Black

As someone who fits the 'cannot undertake any journey' descriptor - it means without significant help and support. The same way that those who 'cannot take nutrition' do not die of starvation, those that 'cannot undertake any ourney' don't always stay at home.

Hope that clears some things up.

TELLIT01

I caught the tail end of a news item about people legitimately displaying Blue Badges but still getting tickets. Apparently some LA's only allow Blue Badge 'rights' to those issued by them. Anybody visiting from outside their area has to abide by 'standard' parking controls.
Apologies for the vagueness of this as I don't know which LA it was.

lisyloo

K80_Black wrote: »

As someone who fits the 'cannot undertake any journey' descriptor - it means without significant help and support. The same way that those who 'cannot take nutrition' do not die of starvation, those that 'cannot undertake any ourney' don't always stay at home.

Hope that clears some things up.

Thank you it does.
Some of us are indeed ignorant (I mean that in the literal sense of not knowing rather than the offensive sense).

molerat

TELLIT01 wrote: »

I caught the tail end of a news item about people legitimately displaying Blue Badges but still getting tickets. Apparently some LA's only allow Blue Badge 'rights' to those issued by them. Anybody visiting from outside their area has to abide by 'standard' parking controls.
Apologies for the vagueness of this as I don't know which LA it was.

I believe it was Southend and even then it was not quite straight forward. Only Southend Borough issued BBs were accepted, not Essex CC even if the holder lived in Southend.