Extra staff are being called in to reduce a 'considerable backlog', Sheffield City Council says.
The council said it had redeployed staff to tackle a backlog in blue badge applications for car users with disabilitiesA staffing shortage has led to a "considerable backlog" of blue badge applications for car users with disabilities in Sheffield.
He hoped the usual 28-day turnaround in processing applications for people who were on benefits, which automatically qualified them for a badge, would be back in place within eight weeks.The council said health issues and bereavements had hit the team which processed applications causing the delay The situation had become more complicated since people with "hidden' disabilities" had been added to the list of those who could apply, he explained.
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