Where you can park if you have a Blue Badge and other exemptions
With a Blue Badge you can park free of charge and without a time limit on street in Edinburgh
- in pay and display and shared use on-street parking bays
- on single or double yellow lines when loading is allowed
- in greenways parking places when parking is allowed
- in disabled parking bays.
You cannot park
- in bus lanes during the hours of operation
- in cycle lanes
- on single or double red lines during the hours of operation
- on zig-zag pedestrian crossings at school entrances
- in bus stops
- in parking spaces for residents, motorcycles and city car club users
- in suspended parking bays
- any place where traffic or emergency vehicles might be held up
- at dropped kerbs
- in public parking places on main traffic routes when loading is prohibited.
Permit areas
If you live in an area where there are on street residents' parking spaces you may be able to apply for a free residents permit. You can check whether you are eligible and apply online with our new service, NSL Apply.
Apply for, renew or manage your parking permit
Blue Badge and LEZ Zone
As a blue badge holder, you are entitled to enter the LEZ in Edinburgh without risk of penalty in any vehicle, either as a passenger or the driver, but you must register for an exemption if the vehicle is not LEZ compliant.
If you are driving or being driven in a non-compliant vehicle you must register for an exemption before travelling to avoid receiving a penalty notice. It is not possible to see whether there is a blue badge holder in the vehicle while it is being driven through the LEZ.
You can register your own car for long term vehicle exemption or a day pass if you are being driven in by someone else. Find out how to register a non-compliant car.
To check the compliance status of your vehicle please visit Registration Checker.