In Newham these benefits include:

• Badge holders may park for up to three hours on single or double yellow lines (provided a loading ban, indicated by a sign and yellow kerb markings, is not in place)
• Free parking with no time limit in on-street pay & display and shared use bays. There is one exception: Blue Badge holders may only park for a maximum of 30 minutes in the 30 minute bays on Green Street.
• Free parking with no time limit in permit holder bays. This excludes Doctor's Permit bays and Disabled Resident Permit Holder's bays (where a valid permit is not held)
• In car parks 6% of spaces are reserved for Blue Badge holders. Badge holders can park free of charge in any space within a car park without time limit (except in Stratford Multi-Storey Car Park)
• Exemption from Pedestrian Zone entry restrictions in High Street North, East Ham
• An additional hour of parking beyond paid for time (including when this takes the vehicle beyond the maximum period of stay)
• In commercial areas, on-street parking is provided for Blue Badge holders where appropriate
• Severely disabled residents may apply for a formal disabled resident parking bay outside their home. This is not for their exclusive use (other holders of disabled resident permits may use it), but these bays generally remain free for the disabled resident in question

Always remember to display your clock and Blue Badge clearly on the dashboard/in the windscreen. Badges and clocks must be displayed in time-limited disabled bays in shopping areas.

Do not allow others to use your Blue Badge. This is a criminal offence. The badge may be sued in the holder's own vehicle or the vehicle in which they are riding.

In Newham a Blue Badge does not entitle you to park:

• Or wait/load on a loading ban. Loading bans are shown by a single or double stripe on the kerb and a nearby sign
• Where there are double white lines in the centre of the road, even if one of the lines is broken
• In a bus lane during its hours of operation
• In a cycle lane
• On any clearway, double or single red lines during their hours of operation
• On all pedestrian crossings - including Zebra, Pelican, Toucan and Puffin crossings
• On zig-zag markings before and after Zebra, Pelican, Toucan and Puffin crossings
• In parking places reserved for specific uses e.g. loading bays, taxis and cycles
• In suspended Pay & Display / shared use bays or when use of the Pay & Display machine is prohibited
• Where temporary restrictions on parking are in force along a length of road (for example, as indicated by no waiting cones)
• On school "keep clear" markings during the hours shown on a yellow "no-stopping" plate

Get a copy of the Blue Badge Scheme booklet

Download a copy of the Blue Badge Scheme booklet from the
Department for Transport website

You can also get a copy free by contacting DfT Free Literature.

Tel: 0870 1226 236
Text phone: 0870 1207 405
Fax: 0870 1226 237
Email: dft@troten.press.net

PO Box 236
Wetherby
LS23 7NB