It's still going.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgh_Island

Burgh Island is a fantastic place

This isn't unusual. Here in Manchester, they have actually been ticketing people. But it's not consistent. One guy got a fine, but his colleague who he met for exactly the same amount of time in the restaurant didn't get a fine at all.

The car parks are on McDonald's land but they are "policed" by private car parking firms, a common practice by many companies with parking. Similar practices are adopted by supermarkets, out-of-town shopping centres and so on. Sometimes, depending on the car parking firm, cars can be clamped and a huge fee charged for their release.

It's worth pointing out that these records have not been lost in the post (as in The Royal Mail). They have been lost with a "specialist" courier TNT which is owned by the Dutch Post Office.