Blue Badge policy

An organisational badge may be issued to an organisation for use in a motor vehicle or vehicles when the vehicle or vehicles are to be used to carry disabled people who would themselves be eligible for a badge. Buckinghamshire Council will consider the following for each organisation:

• does the organisation care for and transport disabled people who would themselves meet one or more of the eligibility criteria for an individual Blue Badge?
• is there a clear need for an organisational badge rather than using the individual Blue Badges of people it is transporting

Buckinghamshire Council would not consider a taxi, private hire operator or a community transport organisation to be eligible for an organisational Blue Badge, and they should use the individual's Blue Badge when carrying that person as a passenger.

To help determine the eligibility of organisations, Buckinghamshire Council will consider the following:

• how many qualifying disabled people is the organisation caring for
• the type of vehicle that an organisation is using, whether it is adapted and how
• why the organisation feels they need an organisational badge rather than using individual Blue Badges of people in their care
• how often the badge is likely to be used and for what purpose