TV Licensing

Qualify for a 50% blind concession

If you’re blind (severely sight impaired)

A blind concession TV Licence costs £79.50 for colour and £26.75 for a black and white TV Licence.

Please provide us with a copy of ONE of these documents, to confirm that you’re certified as blind (severely sight impaired):

• CVI (Certificate of Visual Impairment)
• BD8 Certificate
• A certificate or document issued by a Local Authority that shows you are registered as blind (severely sight impaired)
• A copy of a certificate from an Ophthalmologist (eye surgeon), stating that you are blind (severely sight impaired).

You won’t need to provide this information again when you renew your TV Licence.

If you live with someone who is blind

If you or someone you live with is blind (severely sight impaired), regardless of their age, you can apply for a blind concession.

If you already have a TV Licence, but it isn't in the name of the person who is blind, you’ll need to transfer the licence into their name. You can do this by making a first time blind application. You’ll just need to enter the existing TV Licence number for your address when you apply. If the blind (severely sight impaired) person is under 18, a different process will apply.

If you're partially sighted (sight impaired)

People who are partially sighted (sight impaired) do not qualify for a 50% blind concession.

How to apply for a blind concession

If you already have a blind licence please sign in to renew it.

Apply for a first time blind licence

You’ll need to print the completed form. Then post documents that prove you’re certified as blind (severely sight impaired).

Please send your completed form, cheque payment and a photocopy of your local authority document or ophthalmologist’s certificate to:

TV Licensing
Blind Concession Group
Darlington
DL98 1TL

Please include either your licence renewal notice or TV Licence number if you have a current TV Licence. Don’t know your licence number?

You don’t need a blind TV Licence

Provided that your digital box is only used to produce sounds and can’t display TV programmes you don’t need a TV Licence.

If you already have a licence please cancel it first.

Tell us you don’t need a licence

You may be entitled to a refund

If you've already paid the full fee for a TV Licence, but qualify for a blind concession

Please request a refund and we'll refund you the difference.

Please note that we can only offer refunds for TV Licences bought after 1 April 2000, when the blind concession was introduced. You’ll need proof that you were certified as blind (severely sight impaired) when you bought the licence.

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