Using your blue badge

In a disabled bay (on street or in a council managed car park)

You can park free of charge and without time limitations in a designated disabled bay while clearly displaying a valid blue badge.   

In an on-street parking bay

Where there is on-street parking available, blue badge holders may also park here free of charge and without time limitations while clearly displaying a valid blue badge.  

In a council managed car park

Where there are no designated disabled parking bays available in our car parks, blue badge holders can park in any other parking bay free of charge and up to the maximum stay while clearly displaying their blue badge and clock (set to the time of arrival).  

On yellow lines

If the disabled bays are unavailable and there is no on street parking bays, blue badge holders can park on single or double yellow lines for up to three hours while clearly displaying their blue badge and parking clock (set to the time of arrival).  

Please remember that blue badge holders may not park in spaces reserved for someone else, such as taxi bays and loading only. This is in our Traffic Regulation Orders and is also reflected in the guidance laid out by the Department for Transport in The Blue Badge Scheme: rights and responsibilities booklets.

Misuse of blue badges

If you suspect someone is misusing blue badges, email blue.badges@northumberland.gov.uk or

Write to: 
Blue Badge Team 
Northumberland County Council 
County Hall 
Morpeth 
NE61 2EF 

Please include the following in your email/letter: 

• the blue badge serial number 
• the registration number of the vehicle using the blue badge 
• circumstances of the suspected misuse 
• date when the suspected misuse took place 
• your contact details - although you can make an anonymous report if you prefer 

 

 

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