This is really disappointing to hear. Originally the hotel owner wanted us to tell people to park at the hotel, which was the case for years. Later we were asked to change things to bar this when it became an exclusive use venue. We've also made several changes to the route on their later requests around privacy and have complied with these - they even provided our wording for this parking.
This
was a very popular local walk. The access code states that "Where appropriate, such as where there is a lot of informal parking causing local concerns, work with your local authority and other bodies to see if a formal car park could be provided" but this is a part of the code that is never mentioned / ignored all over Scotland.