In the primary episode of the brand new collection Mr Clarkson can now not afford to maintain all of his cows after West Oxfordshire District Council tells him has to shut down his newly opened restaurant.
The council additionally threatens to enact an enforcement discover on the farm store to cease it promoting non-local meals.
No sooner had the present aired on Friday than West Oxfordshire District Council printed a statement on its web site, insisting it had “a accountability to be sure that nationwide and native planning legal guidelines and insurance policies are adopted accurately by everybody.
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“We must be fair and so we apply the same laws and rules to Diddly Squat Farm in the same way as any other business.”
The statement factors out the council has authorised many planning functions for the farm together with the lambing shed, a barn and the farm store.
But, it mentioned, it “had little choice” however to take enforcement motion to shut the restaurant and “other ongoing breaches of planning law or changes on the site which didn’t have planning permission” following complaints from the general public.
And, it mentioned, following Mr Clarkson’s attraction in opposition to the refusal the planning inspector agreed with the council that the restaurant had been opened with out the right planning permission.
The statement goes on to say that the council didn’t stand in the way in which of Mr Clarkson opening a short lived automobile park – which was additionally refused however granted after an attraction.
“We encouraged Diddly Squat Farm to make an application for a temporary car park long before the appeal,” it says.
The council insists it helps native farming and farm diversification schemes and “will probably be pleased to work with Diddly Squat on any future plans.
“Our door has always been open and will remain open should they choose to work with us.”
Clarkson’s Farm Season 2 additionally featured the Top Gear presenter’s long-running planning disputes with West Oxfordshire District Council.
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Disgusted followers rallied to Mr Clarkson’s defence and one councillor obtained demise threats as a result of present’s portrayal of planning conferences.
WODC hit again and mentioned the scenes have been ‘deceptive’ and filming of Mr Clarkson storming out didn’t precisely characterize what actually occurred.
They additionally accused him of ‘failing to engage’ with the method.
They mentioned: “We would have been happy to do that in this case, however, Diddly Squat Farm did not engage with us nor follow advice from our planners when pulling together the application.”
Clarkson’s Farm season 3, half 1 is offered to stream on Amazon Prime now. Part 2 is launched on May 10.