Municipality of Heerenveen: applying for an EU parking card for people with disabilities

Are you unable to walk more than a hundred meters independently due to physical limitations? Then you can apply for a disabled parking card (GPK) at the municipality. This is valid for a maximum of five years.

Types of disabled parking card
There are three types of disabled parking cards

Driver card
You can apply for this card if you have a disability and drive your own car. The parking card is personal. That means that only you can use the card. You can use the card in any vehicle.
Passenger card
You can apply for this card if you need someone else to drive the car due to your disability and if you are constantly dependent on the driver's assistance for transport from door to door. A passenger card is personal. That means that only you can use the card. You can use the card in any vehicle.
Institution card
This card is intended for institutions that transport residents. In this way, institutions can transport several people. The institution then does not have to apply for a separate card for each resident.

Apply for a EU parking card for people with disabilities

Do you meet the conditions?

For a driver card:

You have a demonstrable and long-term walking disability: you cannot walk more than 100 meters in a row, if necessary with an aid such as a walking stick or
You are permanently wheelchair bound or
You have another serious disability
You must have a driver's license

For a passenger card:

You have a demonstrable and long-term walking disability: you cannot walk more than 100 meters in a row, if necessary with an aid such as a walking stick or
You are permanently wheelchair bound or
You are continuously dependent on the help of the driver or someone else for door-to-door transport.

If you have applied for a disabled parking card for the first time, external advice will always be sought. This medical adviser, appointed by the municipality, advises the municipality. The council always accepts this advice. With an extension of the GPK, the medical examination can usually be omitted if you still meet the applicable criteria.

You can easily apply using an online form. You need DigiD for this

The costs for the first application, including the medical examination, are € 143,74. When extending your disabled parking card, you also pay € 143,74. You also have to pay this amount if you have to request a new card in the meantime because you have lost your card.