| Category & Criteria
|
Kensington & Chelsea |
Westminster |
Camden
| Corporation of London |
| Qualification: | |
| | |
| Residents | Yes | Yes
| Yes | Yes |
Employees | Yes |
Yes | Yes, fee of £27.50 for applicants in paid work.
| Yes |
Students | Yes | Yes
| Yes | No—but probably only because no applications received
|
Hospital Patients | No, separate local scheme applies
| Yes | No, separate local scheme applies
| No, separate local scheme applies |
Vehicle size limit | Less than 548.64 cm (18 feet) in length & 208.28 cm (6 feet 10 inches) in height
| Less than 2.44 metres (8 feet) in height & 6 metres in length (latter to be introduced later this year)
| | Must fit within standard bays (ie, normal passenger vehicle size)
|
| Disability Criteria: | |
| | |
Registered Blind | Yes
| Yes | Yes | Yes
|
| Disability Living Allowance (mobility component) at the higher rate
| Yes | Yes | Yes
| Yes |
| Government grant for upkeep of vehicle or vehicle supplied
| Yes | Yes | Yes
| Yes |
| War Pensioners Mobility Supplement | Yes
| yes | Yes | Yes
|
| Upper Arm Disability (under certain conditions)
| Yes | Yes | Yes
| Yes |
| Other mobility allowances | Yes
| Yes for designated bay | ?
| Yes |
| Permanent or substantial disability (unable to walk or considerable difficulty in walking
| Yes | Yes | Yes
| Yes |
| Independent mobility assessment | Yes, Borough OT assessment under certain circumstances
| Yes, Borough OT assessment for all discretionary and own bay applicants
| Yes, Borough doctor under certain circumstances
| Yes, Borough doctor under certain circumstances
|
| Children under two years in age | No
| Yes, certain circumstances | No
| No |
| No. of vehicles nominated on badge | 4
| 4 for non-drivers | 3 |
1 only |
| Maximum period of badge issue | 3 years
| 1 year | 1 year | 1 year
|
| Use of Badge: | |
| | |
| Photos required | Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes
|
| Advice on display of badge | Yes
| Yes | Yes | Yes
|
| Display of both local & Blue Badge |
Not required | Urged, but not insisted upon
| Yes | Not required |
| Nominated driver (resident of borough) respark permit details required
| Yes | No | No
| No, no on-street respark scheme |
| Copy or details of Blue Badge required (non-residents)
| Yes | Yes | Yes
| Yes |
| Where to park/load or unload |
| | | |
| Residents' Parking bays | Yes
| Yes | Yes | No, no on-street respark scheme
|
| Pay & display | Yes, except for a few exceptions
| Yes, including shared use | Yes
| Yes |
| Meters | ? | Yes
| Yes | Yes |
| Disabled parking bays (except bays designated for a single permit holder)
| ? | Yes | Yes
| Yes [no designated bays] |
Loading & unloading | 20 minutes on single yellow lines
| 20 minutes on single yellow lines | ?
| 30 minutes on single yellow lines |
Designated bay (for significantly disabled outside own home)
| Yes | Yes | ?
| No |
| Designated Bays: | |
| | |
Eligibility | Walk 50 metres or less
| Walk 50 metres or less | ?
| No designated bays |
Mobility allowance |
| Receive higher rate of the mobility component of the DLA (or comparable benefit) so that the vehicle is exempt from VED.
| | No designated bays |
Who qualifies | ? |
Drivers and passengers | | No designated bays
|
Off-street parking | No
| No | | No designated bays
|
Additional criteria for passengers |
| — Receive both the higher rate of the mobility component and the care component of the DLA (or comparable benefit)
— Use a vehicle exempt from VED and specially adapted to carry a disabled passenger
| | No designated bays |
Institutions: | |
| | |
| Provide badge under certain conditions |
Yes | Yes | Yes
| Yes, but no applications received |
Number of people required institution's transport
| Minimum 4 | Suitable to transport disabled people
| Suitable to transport disabled people |
Undefined as no applications received |
Nominated vehicles | 3
| 4 | 3 | Undefined as no applications received, but likely to be 1 only
|
Size of vehicle | No larger than a 12 seat minibus
| No larger than a 12 seat minibus and dual-purpose vehicles as defined by regulation 3(1) of the Motor Vehicles (Construction & Use) Regulation 1969.
| Minibus with lift or other suitable adaptation, no cars
| Undefined as no applications received, but likely to be that must fit within standard bays (ie, normal passenger vehicle size)
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