‘Visually intrusive’: Jeremy Clarkson ordered to shut Diddly Squat Farm’s dining areas | Rob Harris
Jeremy Clarkson, the British television presenter whose documentary about farming during the pandemic became a worldwide smash-hit, has been ordered to shut his farm’s cafe and restaurant after a council claimed his business had breached planning laws.presenter is appealing against an enforcement notice for his 400 hectare property in the Cotswolds village of Chadlington, near Chipping Norton after West Oxfordshire District Council took action in August.
Clarkson was told to shut the restaurant, or anything selling food to be consumed on the farm, and also ordered to remove dining tables, chairs, garden umbrellas and picnic tables.The 62-year-old presenter became an unlikely champion of British farming after a long career spent dismissing issues such as climate change, which poses a major threat to the UK’s agricultural sector.
Jeremy Clarkson, as his farmhand Kaleb Cooper, who in the TV series delights in reminding Clarkson of his blunders.The popularity of the series led to huge queues on several occasions for the Diddly Squat Farm Shop, with neighbours growing concerned about traffic jams and speeding cars. Villagers complained at meeting last year the farm shop had become “a theme park”.
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