Disabled badges 'open to abuse'
A BBC reporter, who is not disabled, was sent a badge after phoning staff at the county council and telling them he had a disability.
He paid a £2 fee and received his blue badge a month later.
The council said it would look again at the procedures, but admitted some false cases may "slip through the net".
Genuine blue badge holder Gerri Bird, who had polio as a baby and now uses a wheechair, said she was concerned the county council was not doing enough checks.
'Slip through net'
"Many disabled people in the city are worried that disabled badges are being handed out willy-nilly," she said.
Pat Harding, director of customer service at the council, said: "I think with any process you will get one or two that slip through the net.
"The other way of doing it is to make it horrendously complicated and difficult for the very people who need it and evidence suggests that they don't apply."
The council promised to review its procedures on checking applications for blue badges.
The badge the BBC reporter applied for has been destroyed.
The full report will be on BBC Look East in the eastern region at 1830 BST on Friday.
