Hi, thanks for your contribution to OpenStreetMap.

The car park at Brackenbottom is already correctly tagged as access=private. This means that it’s only for use with the owner’s permission.

Up until recently, that tagging was not in place, and various websites and pieces of software which use the map data from OpenStreetMap were likely using this to advertise it as a public car park.

Since the other day, this tagging has been added, and that should mean that software which was recommending people to park there will now stop. I guess there may be some delay on this due to slow data updates.

OpenStreetMap is a community project (much like Wikipedia, if you have heard of that), where it’s generally more well received to contribute updates and improvements to the map, for the benefit of everyone, rather than threaten legal action. :)