Car moved by council?

the_insider

I park for work on a public road during the day. It is a dead end leading up to the back of a factory (no entry to the factory premises on the road) and there are only the fire exits for two offices on the road. It is wide enough for a car to park each side of the road and for another to fit up the middle comfortably.
I returned to my car after work today and it was parked on the kerb. I thought this was a bit strange as I don't usually park on the kerb as they are quite high but I figured I was just not paying attention this morning and had gone up on the kerb. Didn't think anymore of it and set off home.
Half way home I went over a mini roundabout and there was a horrible grinding noise so I pulled into a side road to have a (rather nervous) look. There were two pipes hanging down very low under the car and I drove very cautiously home. There were a few more grinding noises on the way when I was going round corners, I assume due to the camber of the road.
There is a garage at the end of my street so I walked down and asked my friendly mechanic to pop down and have a look. The first thing he said when he got under the car was that the fuel lines had been bent down and the heat shield had been knocked loose and his first question was 'has this been picked up by a forklift?'. I laughed and asked him what he thought was wrong with it and he said he was being serious, it looked like a forklift truck had been used to pick up the car and the prongs had got in under the fuel lines and moved them.
Since then my friend has taken me back down to the street where I had parked and a new lamppost has been put in. It still has the barriers round it and doesn't appear to have been wired up fully and I'm pretty sure it wasn't there this morning when I parked. Has anyone heard of councils moving cars that are in the way of their vans getting past? There has been no notice to say that work will be carried out on the street and there are no parking restrictions on that road.
I don't think that the street is covered by CCTV but does anyone think that I could get the council to cover the cost of the repair?

somethingcorporate

MrCEO wrote: »

I highly doubt it will be the council and more likely a private company and this probably is the sort of thing they would do; that said you wont be able to prove anything.

Agreed, when the council "moved" my car they used air cushions and left me a letter explaining what was done. This sounds like a cowboy operation.

Mankysteve

Aye wont be the council. Most likely the factory I would report the damage to the police and if your fully comp you should be able to claim off your insurance.