Disabled parking bays for residents

Disabled parking bays for residents

London Borough of Barnet (LBB) Blue Badge holders can apply for a 'designated disabled badge holder only' parking place to be provided close to their home if it’s difficult for them to park there.

Who can apply for a disabled parking bay?

Only Barnet residents qualify for a disabled bay.

For your application to be considered, you either must:

• be a LBB Blue Badge holder and the vehicle owner.

Or

• keep and use a vehicle at the same address as the Blue Badge holder and the Blue Badge holder relies on you to assist them as a passenger of their vehicle

We’ll only consider providing a designated disabled parking place where there is proven difficulty in parking, and no suitable alternative off street parking is available.

Apply for a disabled parking bay

If you think that you qualify for a disabled resident parking bay, please fill in and sign the disabled bay application form.

Please ensure you also enclose a copy of your current:

• LBB Blue Badge (front and back)
• driving licence (or your nominated driver’s driving licence)
• car registration document

You can return the application form to highwayscorrespondence@barnet.gov.uk or by posting it to:

Parking and Sustainable Travel Team
7th Floor
2 Bristol Avenue
Colindale
NW9 4EW

We may ask for further information to help us to assess your application. We will also conduct checks against Blue Badge records to confirm the details you provide on the application form.

Once approved, your application will need to go through a statutory consultation process if you live within a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ). You can find out when this consultation will take place here: Highways consultation schedule.

Why was my application rejected?

Your application for a designated disabled bay may be rejected if:

• you do not qualify for a disabled bay
• you fail to enclose a copy of the 3 documents mentioned above
• you have access to suitable alternative off street parking
• it is not safe to install a disabled bay

It is not safe to include the bay if it will:

• be opposite or within 10 metres (32 feet) of a junction
• block a turning point in the road
• be in a clearway or within a no stopping restriction
• be located on land which is not under the control of LBB

Removing a disabled parking bay

If you no longer need a designated disabled bay, please email us at highwayscorrespondence@barnet.gov.uk

Removal of a disabled bay will need a statutory consultation.

Your request to have the disabled bay removed might be refused if we think it is still required.