Blue Badge renewal

kobe84

Do you normally receive a reminder from the council when your BB is up for renewal and if so, when are they usually sent out. Also, if you renew early can you post date it to the renewal date or will it run from the date of application?

Bigwheels1111

Some give a reminder, I would call them.
Last time I had to go online through .gov site and fill out 40 pages.
If you call the send a 3-4 page form.

mobileron

I got a letter from M keynes council,completed online,badge arrived 4 days later.

kobe84

mobileron said:

I got a letter from M keynes council,completed online,badge arrived 4 days later.

Did you have to sort out a new photo and send of all the ID's and proof of entitlement again?

mvteng

kobe84 said:

mobileron said:

I got a letter from M keynes council,completed online,badge arrived 4 days later.

Did you have to sort out a new photo and send of all the ID's and proof of entitlement again?

Just completed a renewal application for my father in law. All done online with a very simple process, certainly not 40 pages.

New ID photo and a scan of ID documents required.

New Blue badge arrived in approx.1 week

mobileron

Yes had to send some info,driving licence and a photo from my phone.

born_again

Best bet is as they are issued by your local council is to go to their website and see what they say.
Ours says
 "When your badge is due to expire you will need to apply for a new one, which you can do up to three months before your current one expires."
"When you reapply you will still need to supply proof that you meet the eligibility criteria, even if you’ve had a Blue Badge before"

But then adds at the end....
If you have recently renewed your badge, you may still get a renewal reminder from the Department for Transport (DfT). You can ignore this reminder.

Bigwheels1111

My council has joined the blue badge,taxi card and freedom pass into one office.
Renewals are all done by the same team, so the blue badge paperwork covers all 3.