Blue Badge Parking Time

[ethandron]

How far does a car with a blue badge have to be moved after the allotted three hours have expired....a few feet, up the road, another road, round the block and back??
Thanks.

[Zacs-Master]

Depends where it's parked. I'm sure the answer would be different for a private car park at say a pub, to an NCP car park to the public road.

[ethandron]

You're right, and I should have been clearer. I'm talking about being parked on double yellow lines in a road.

[Sammy48]

I thought you could only park on a single yellow with a Blue Badge.

[Zacs-Master]

Any restriction notices (eg, No return within 1 hour')?

[ethandron]

You can park on doubles too.
No, no other restrictions than the blue badge three hour limit.

[Zacs-Master]

Not true sammy. 3hrs max. Can't find anything saying how far it has to be moved, so probably at the traffic wardens discretion.

[ethandron]

That's what I thought but I'd really like to find out the definitive answer and am surprised its not readily available somewhere.

[Zacs-Master]

I found this from Maldon councils website
Disabled blue badge holders are allowed to park on single or double yellow lines for up to 3 hours (providing the vehicle is not causing an obstruction). There must be an interval of at least one hour from a previous period of waiting before the same vehicle can be parked in the same road or part of a road on the same day.

[ethandron]

Ah, that's exactly what I was trying to find. I would assume the same applies to most/all councils.
Thank you zacs.

[Zacs-Master]

I would think it safe to assume that.

[EDDIE51]

A Blue badge holder can park for 4 hours on a double yellow line as long as it is not causing an obstruction. Some councils have their own rules and shorter times.
We are getting into complicated arguments here.
A 'parking zone' will have rules such as ' Maximum 1 hour, no return within 3 hours' But a double yellow line IS NOT a parking zone . A blue badge holder could park for 4 hours move 6inches and park for another 4 hours as long as it is on a double yellow and NOT in a ' parking zone' .
My wife is disabled and has a blue badge , we can park for 4 hours in all the places I know in Hertfordshire and Cambridgshire, even Addenbrokes hospital which is VERY strict allows 4 hours for a blue badge holder.

[ubasses]

Where I am the Council allow you to stay in their car parks for as long as they are open, but on street parking is 3 hours.