Jeremy Clarkson suffers blow over plans to extend Diddly Squat farm shop as councillors refuse bid

Jeremy Clarkson has faced a blow to his Diddly Squat Farm Shop extension plans after councillors refused his watered-down planning application.

The former Top Gear presenter, 62, was looking to extend his shop’s car park sevenfold from ten to 70 spaces, but local councillors said that the proposed plans would have a ‘visually intrusive and harmful impact’ on the countryside, refusing Clarkson’s application.

Clarkson, who films at his own farm shop for Amazon Prime Video show Clarkson’s Farm, had faced around 30 objection comments from villagers with some citing concerns over traffic chaos around Chadlington, Oxford.

Yet an equal number voiced their support for the application, which was refused on Friday 6 May by West Oxfordshire District Council.

Explaining the decision, the council’s…