Jeremy Clarkston is having to give up on his plans to run a restaurant out of his Diddly Squat farm after an enforcement notice.He had opened it in a barn in a field last July despite local resistance, and it led to the local council getting involved.
As reported by the Mirror, The 62-year-old broadcaster has admitted defeat in a letter to West Oxfordshire District Council who had ruled it was not in keeping with the rural area.Jeremy had previously said that he had found a "delightful little loophole" and already has a shop on his property which has drawn fans to the quiet area.Clarkson – who recently came under fire for 'vile' comments about Meghan Markle in his newspaper column – wrote in his letter to the council: "I no longer wish to open a restaurant," adding he’d been "thwarted by the enforcement notice".The farm, which Clarkson has owned since 2008 is featured in a documentary series on Amazon Prime Video.
Locals in neighbouring Chipping Norton have celebrated the failed opening, with one calling it "a win for the community".Michael Benson, of Chadlington, said: "I would like the whole thing shut down.
We are just a small village and Diddly Squat Farm is in the wrong place."We don’t need a theme park in an area of natural beauty.
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