Jeremy Clarkson has been ordered to shut down the café and restaurant on his famous Diddly Squat Farm just three months after opening it up to the public.
The former Top Gear presenter has been hit with an order with an order to shut the café and restaurant having previously butted heads with the West Oxfordshire District Council.
However he managed to get the cafe and restaurant open open due to a “loophole.”
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However he is now being told that he has “breached planning permission” just three months after opening.
In August, the council served the firmer Top Gear star a notice ordering him to make a series of changes to his business – including removing all mobile toilets and tables used for dining.
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It also demanded that the farm, which fans will recognise from Amazon Prime, stop selling products that had not been made on the farm, or within a 16-mile radius of it, with just a few exceptions.
A statement from the WODC read: “Council officers have worked with the owner and planning agents of the business, over many months, to investigate breaches in planning control, advising on how the business can be operated in a lawful way and trying to reach a solution.
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“The business continues to operate outside the planning permissions granted and advice has been ignored. The activity has also had a significant impact on the local community.
The planning application was met with 53 objections from local residents as well as 12 letters of support and councillors decided in January that the project would be refused permission.
Jeremy’s farm have denied any claims of law breaches.
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They have also said that the six week period the council gave them to make the changes is not long enough.
Clarkson’s team are planning to appeal the council’s order.
Speaking to The Sun at the time, he said “We had planning permission turned down but we’re opening anyway.
“Everyone at Diddly Squat has spent the last three months becoming an expert in planning regulations and we’ve found a delightful little loophole.
“We’re going to sell all the stuff we produce on the farm and finally make some profit from the stuff we grow rather than run up losses.”
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