We have a statutory duty to remove and dispose of motor vehicles abandoned on "land, which is open to the air". This duty applies to private open land, however, there is no authority to remove a vehicle from private land if the owner of the land objects.

A local authority may also refuse to remove a vehicle from private land if the cost of bringing the vehicle to the public highway would be unreasonably high.

We organise the removal, storage and subsequent disposal of abandoned vehicles and then reclaim the disposal element of the direct costs from the Lincolnshire County Council, who are the Waste Disposal Authority.

Following receipt of notification of an abandoned vehicle, usually from the Police, the vehicle can be removed without notice dependant on the state of the vehicle or location, otherwise a notice is attached to the vehicle giving the owner 24 hours in which to remove the vehicle.

After the expiry of the statutory period we will remove the vehicle to temporary storage at the Contractors yard while enquiries regarding ownership are completed. Once we have completed the enquiries with DVLA and written to the last registered owner, the vehicle may be destroyed.