Experience of applying for a Blue Badge for parking?

[BerryTwister]

My 85 year old Mum is very frail (severe arthritis, dizziness, early dementia, falls etc) so I've applied for a Blue Badge for her, to make it easier when I take her to appointments. I have no doubt that she will qualify.

However, in addition to all the letters I've provided (hospital letters, bills, confirmation of attendance allowance) the council are asking for further ID. They want one of the following:- passport, birth certificate, driving licence, marriage/divorce certificate. She has none of these. She would have had a birth certificate once upon a time, but it has been lost for many years.

I've emailed the council to explain, but I was curious to know if anyone else has dealt with this situation, because it can't be that unusual surely. When people are very old they've often lost all their documentation.

You can order a birth certificate for £12.50.

https://www.gov.uk/order-copy-birth-death-marriage-certificate#:~:text=You%20need%20to%20register%20on,the%20GRO%20index%20reference%20number.

It's probably worth getting a copy of her birth certificate.

https://www.gov.uk/order-copy-birth-death-marriage-certificate

It's been a while but I don't recall what I had to provide for my blue badge aside from my diagnosis letter and an adjoining letter from my neurologist that said 'in his professional opinion I should have blue badge'. I had to attend a F2F assessment so they could assess my movement at which she said that I was clearly unsteady on my feet. You can order new certificates for birth, marriage etc.