Blue Badge displayed in a School Street zone
Many School Streets restrictions — the timed road closures outside schools — include a national exemption for Blue Badge holders. Some councils recognise the badge automatically; others ask you to register in advance. If your badge was clearly displayed and valid at the time, and the council still issued a penalty charge notice without properly accounting for your badge, you may be able to challenge it on the basis that the council must make reasonable adjustments for disabled people.
Legal basis
Equality Act 2010 ss.20-22 (reasonable adjustments duty for service providers); Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000/682); local School Streets TRO Blue Badge clause
How to identify this in your case
Blue Badge displayed on dashboard at time of crossing. Photo of badge with serial visible. Confirmation Blue Badge was valid (not expired, not stolen).
Sample appeal wording
Dear Sir/Madam, Re: PCN [NUMBER] — School Streets — [DATE] I challenge this PCN as a Blue Badge holder. - Blue Badge serial: [REF], expires [DATE] - Issuing authority: [Council] - Badge displayed on dashboard at time of crossing — photograph attached Under the Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) Regulations 2000 and the [Council] School Streets TRO Blue Badge clause, I am exempt. In any event, the Equality Act 2010 ss.20-22 imposes on the Council a duty to make reasonable adjustments. Issuing a PCN to a displayed Blue Badge holder fails this duty. Please cancel the PCN and add my badge serial to the exemption register. Yours faithfully, [NAME]
Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
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