You don’t need to display blue badges on private land the Equality Act applies here. If you have a disability under the Equality Act and need to use the disabled space you can. Blue badges are hard to get. You can’t get a blue badge for needing a larger space to open doors. Blue badges are very hard to get in my borough if you are over pension age and not getting PIP or AA. The assessor doesn’t follow the rules. A person with osteoarthritis was told to get a knee replacement instead of a blue badge by the assessor.
Hmmm. This raises a lot of issues. The Blue Badge should be hard to get, otherwise those of us who cannot possibly use normal size spaces would find it even harder to secure one. You shouldn’t be able to get one just because you are over retirement age. That’s not the purpose of them. They are also for people with a permanent disability, not a temporary one. It’s all very well quoting equality acts etc but many private car parks are patrolled by enforcement officers who will issue a penalty notice if you are in a disabled space without displaying a blue badge. Appealing those, whilst possible, is not for the faint hearted, as they can get very nasty, threatening civil recovery agencies and all sorts. If your disability is serious enough to qualify for a blue badge, apply for one. If you don’t qualify, I’d respectfully suggest that you shouldn’t park in them and leave them for those who do.