Yes. It’s like fly tipping rubbish. If it gets fly tipped on the public highway the council will remove it, if it gets fly tipped on private land the council won’t care, and it’s the responsibility of the landowner to get rid of it
Now this has got me wondering. If somebody fly-tips bags of rubbish, old mattresses, whatever on your private land, it frustratingly becomes your problem to get rid of, however nobody could possibly blame you for a actually getting rid of it in a legal place for disposing of rubbish, could they? That is, nobody could later come back and accuse you of having damaged/stolen their 'possessions' that they arbitrarily dumped on your land, by (properly and legally) tipping them. In that case, how can you draw the line and categorically state that what somebody has dumped on your property is wanted possessions and not abandoned rubbish?
After all, there are plenty of cars out there (like ours) that are functioning, taxed, MoTed, insured and road-legal, BUT are very old, with very little market value and the 'sort of' car that you frequently see abandoned and dumped. Wealthy people often view any car over 5 or 10 years old as a worthless old banger, regardless of the condition it's in. Similarly, the kind of items that some people just treat as waste and take to the tip (or don't even bother to do that) are often the kind of useful things that others would want via FreeCycle or car boot sales.
What I'm asking is, if one person's junk is another person's treasure, how can anybody categorically state that a 'dumped' car on your property is not potentially fly-tipped waste - that then does become your problem to dispose of - but which you are not therefore required to look after, protect from damage and keep safe until the owner deigns to come and collect it?
Also, on another note entirely, is the car park opposite a free/unlimited car park, or do you have to pay to use it and/or is there a limited time for which you can leave a vehicle there? If the FC did need to remove this obstruction and kindly decided to put it in the car park instead of leaving it tipped on its side in a ditch, could the CF owner still find himself liable for a fine from the council for not paying, overstaying his maximum allowed time, not being within the lines of one parking space etc.?