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Apply for a disabled parking badge

Important information

Please ensure you have read and understood the following information before applying for your disabled parking badge.

Please allow at least 8 weeks for your application to be processed once a fully completed application form and all relevant documentation has been received. You can apply up to 3 months in advance.
 
You can apply for a disabled parking badge online using Department for Transport's national online form.
 
Once you have submitted your application, you will receive an email confirmation with a reference number on it. Please send a copy of this email to us, together with all relevant documentation and payment as outlined in the email.
 
Alternatively, if you think you meet the eligibility criteria you can apply for a disabled parking badge by printing our Blue Badge application form (PDF, 89k) and return a completed copy to us by post to:

The Blue Badge Service
Kent County Council
Contact Centre
Invicta House
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 1XX

Completing your form

The following items must be sent to us alongside your completed application form:

  • 1 recent passport size photograph.
  • a cheque made payable to Kent County Council, for the sum of £10.
  • a copy of a document that confirms your address. This must be dated within the last 12 months (please see the application form for more information).
  • a copy of a document that proves your identity (please see the application form for more information).

Further details are provided on the application form. Failure to enclose all of the above will result in the form being returned to you. Please also see our frequently asked questions page.

Please complete the form in either black or blue ink using block capitals. Please complete all sections relevant to your application on the form.

If you are completing the form on behalf of someone else, you may sign the form for them. Please put your relationship to the applicant in brackets next to your signature.

What you will receive

If you are successful in your application, you will be sent:

  • a Blue Badge 
  • a time clock 
  • Department for Transport, LR scheme booklet (which we strongly recommend you take time to read through and familiarise yourself with the scheme before using your Blue Badge for the first time)
  • other literature related to the scheme which you may find useful.

Contact us

The Blue Badge Service
Kent County Council
Contact Centre
Invicta House
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 1XX

Telephone 01622 605020

Textphone:
08458 247 905

Envelope bluebadgeteam
@kent.gov.uk