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AIBU to think Blue Badge holders can use parent and child spaces?

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winterwonder1 · 30/06/2026 16:29

This article says that Blue Badge holders can't park in P&C spaces but I thought they could and that they were a legal requirement whereas P&C was a courtesy? Have I been wrong all these years? Can Blue Badge holders park in parent and child spaces? | Oxford Mail

Blue Badge parking warning for parent and child spaces as fines issued

Blue Badge holders have been fined for parking in some parent and child bays, in one of the most misunderstood rules in UK car parks

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/26241069.can-blue-badge-holders-park-parent-child-spaces/

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takeharry · 30/06/2026 16:40

Yes. The end. This has been done to death on here…

Elieza · 30/06/2026 16:37

im going to start as we parked in a regular space as the disabled ones were full, and my mum struggled to walk the distance and couldnt get the passenger door open enough to shuffle back into the car easily.

so im afraid i dont have a choice, im going to have to park somewhere nearer the store with a wide corridor between us and the next car and obviously ensure the disabled badge is prominently displayed. looks like the parent and child one will have to do.

i could drop her off and park half a mile up the car park but then she’d be alone and has a history of falls and i wont be there to catch her….

they need more disabled spaces.

emuloc · 30/06/2026 16:37

Oh well, I have parked in them with no children, and nothing has come of it so...

Original poster
winterwonder1 · 30/06/2026 16:34

Sorry, obviously parents with blue badges can use them, but this is saying that people with blue badges but no children are not covered.

OP posts:
AmberUser · 30/06/2026 16:33

If there aren't any disabled spaces, what are people meant to do?

caffelattetogo · 30/06/2026 16:33

Glad if it’s being clarified TBH but ours is usually full of men in vans with neither kids nor blue badges.

Nomorefcukstogive · 30/06/2026 16:32

If you live where I live the P&C spaces are actually for men with no children in the car and taxi drivers (cunts).

I was under the impression people can park there with a disabled badge however as someone pointed out about they unfortunately are not protected spaces anyway

emuloc · 30/06/2026 16:31

I have, and do use a p&c space, if the disabled bays are full.

Londonrach1 · 30/06/2026 16:31

Of course they can.

ofcolitas · 30/06/2026 16:30

Anyone can really. They shouldn't though, they should leave them for parents with children.

Chunkyblacklab · 30/06/2026 16:30

Yes, if they are a disabled parent with a child. Otherwise they technically can in the sense that anyone can because they aren't legally protected, but they aren't interchangeable.