Blue Badge Disabled Parking

If you've got a Blue Badge you can get an extra hour of parking free! In our Pay and Display car parks, just display both your Blue Badge and Pay and Display ticket, and you can park for an hour longer than your ticket shows. In our Pay on Foot car parks, get one of our special smart cards and use it to enter, pay, and exit the car park, and your parking charge will be for an hour less. As this is extra time on top of your paid time, our minimum 40p charge will always still apply. As an added bonus, you should find that the car park entrance barrier automatically opens for your car via number plate recognition. If it doesn’t, simply insert your smart card into the barrier. Avoid the risk of a parking fines from either us or the police by understanding these general guidelines.

The clock is next to the badge and set to the arrival time as required. A Penalty Charge Notice may be issued if a vehicle is not parked within a marked bay. If there are any single or double yellow lines in the car park the blue badge does not permit you to park on them. Blue badge holders are not permitted to park in designated motorcycle bays. Blue badge holders are permitted to park for up to three hours on single and double yellow lines. If you park a vehicle on double yellow or single yellow lines you must correctly display your blue badge and time clock. It is imperative that you display the time that you arrived on your time clock. If you fail to do so it may be a misrepresentation of how long you have been parked on the yellow lines and may lead to a Penalty Charge Notice being issued to the vehicle. You are not allowed to park on single or double yellow lines if there are double kerb markings. The only vehicle that can park on either double or single yellow lines that have double kerb markings are the emergency services. You are allowed to park on double or single yellow lines with a single kerb marking but only during the prescribed times. To find the prescribed times there will be on a sign in the region of the restriction. Disabled badge holders are permitted to park in limited waiting bays without time restraint as long as the badge and clock are displayed. If the bay is reserved for disabled badge users only, please check if the nearby sign stipulates a time limit.

Applicants applying under discretionary qualification rules should contact us to undertake a questionnaire to determine their eligibility. As of 30 August 2019 People with hidden disabilities, including autism and severe mental health conditions, are able to apply for a Blue Badge. The Blue Badge scheme already means those with physical disabilities can park closer to their destination than other drivers, as they are less able to take public transport or walk longer distances. Applicants in receipt of the high rate of mobility component of Disability Living Allowance will have an award notice letter or annual uprating letter from the Pensions, Disability and Carers Service. Applicants who are registered blind or severely sight impaired will need a Certificate of Vision Impairment signed by a consultant ophthalmologist or the BD8 form. Applicants who are in receipt of War Pensioners Mobility Supplement will have an award letter from the Service and Veterans Agency. Please note: badges cannot be issued in person at the Customer Service Centres. This includes new applications, renewals or duplicate badges. All badges across the country will be produced by a national supplier and your badge will be posted to your home address within 10 working days. A blue badge parking permit costs £10. Lost or replacement badges are also £10. Stolen badges will be replaced free of charge upon production of a crime number. Northgate Public Services are warning blue badge applicants after it was found that unauthorised online services are asking applicants to pay them £49 to apply for a badge. We would like to assure applicants that the application process is free. Please contact our Customer Service Centre if you require more information.

Visitors or users not in possession of a valid IADT Car Parking permit may use any of the car parks subject to the payment of the appropriate fee and the visible display of the ticket on the vehicle. Parking in this car park is restricted to staff and IADT students displaying a valid IADT Car Parking sticker/permit. Other users (i.e. visitors and sports pitch users) must pay and display to park in this car park. Please note that there are 18 parking bays marked with a ‘Blue Cube’ drawing which are reserved on a lease basis for leaseholders of the Media Cube. This car park is NOT AVAILABLE to staff, students or visitors at the following times: 08:00-09:00 and 12:30-14:30 Monday to Friday inclusive during METNS school term time. Staff, students and visitors whose cars are parked in this car park during the above times will be clamped. Parking in this car park is open to all campus users displaying a valid IADT car parking permit (staff or student). Other users (visitors, sports pitch users) must pay and display to park in this car park. Parking in this car park is open to all campus users displaying a valid IADT car parking permit (staff or student). Other users (staff, visitors, sports pitch users) must pay and display to park in this car park. Parking in this motorcycle park is open to all campus users of motorbikes or scooters. Parking in bicycle parks is restricted to two-wheeled non-motorised cycles. These spaces are restricted to users displaying a valid European Disabled Drivers card as issued by the Irish Wheelchair Association, or the Disabled Drivers Association. Any vehicles not displaying the appropriate card/sticker will be automatically subject to sanction.