Blue Badges are often stolen from vehicles parked outside the home property.
To counter this crime, the Substitute Badge can be displayed instead of the Blue Badge while your car is parked within your controlled parking zone.
How it works
A Substitute Badge includes the vehicle registration number so that it cannot be used on any other vehicle.
The Substitute Badge does not replace the Blue Badge but can be used instead of it within the controlled parking zone where you live.
Where you can park with a Substitute Badge in Camden
You can use your Substitute Badge in the same types of spaces that you use your Blue Badge, within controlled parking zone where you live. This includes:
- blue badge bays
- resident permit and paid-for parking bays
- on a single or double yellow line, with time clock for up to 3 hours from arrival time
You cannot use your substitute badge:
- in a Green Badge zone, without a Green Badge
- where loading restrictions are in operation
- in a suspended bay
- where parking causes disruption
- in a parking space reserved for specific use, such as doctors, traders
- in dedicated disabled user permit bays
Where to display your permit
You must display your Substitute Badge in the front windscreen of your vehicle.
If you do not display your badge correctly, you could get a parking ticket and your vehicle could be removed.
Using your badge across different vehicles
Your Substitute Badge can only be registered to one vehicle. The vehicle must be registered at the address of the Blue Badge holder.
You can only have one Substitute Badge at a time.
Apply for a Substitute Badge
You can apply for a Substitute Badge online.
Lost, stolen or damaged Substitute Badges
If your badge is lost or stolen you must report it to the police.
Replacing a Substitute Badge
If you need a replacement Substitute Badge, you must tell us by email at [email protected]. We'll send you the Declaration of Loss & Stolen form to complete, so we can then arrange a replacement.
Report abuse or misuse of a Substitute Badge
We gather evidence against drivers who misuse a badge. We also prosecute people using fake or altered badges.
Report abuse or misuse of a Substitute Badge to us.
Returning a Substitute Badge
You should return a Substitute Badge to us if:
- it has expired
- you are no longer eligible for a badge
- you have found the badge you thought was lost or stolen (return the original)
- it is so damaged or faded that you cannot read the details on it
- you no longer need it
- you have moved out of Camden and have a badge from another Council
- the badge holder dies
Return the Substitute Badge to Camden Accessible Travel Solutions, PO Box 64175, London, WC1A 9BY.