How to apply for a Blue Badge

For every designated Blue Badge parking bay in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland there are currently 52 permit holders requiring access, warns Confused.com after analysing new data obtained through Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to UK councils.

The data revealed there are currently over 3.2 million Blue Badge permit holders in the UK, in comparison with 63,000 designated Blue Badge parking bays. Due to rising demand for accessible parking, Confused.com m has created an online tool to help people find the nearest one - whatever their location.

That’s as the rate of new applications for Blue Badge permits has increased by 31 per cent between 2022 and 2024. In total, 1.3m new applications were made between 2022 and 2024, on top of the

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