The shop and cafe established during the Prime Video series has been forced to shut.
Poor Jeremy, will he ever catch a break? The broadcaster's Diddly Squat establishment, which eventually became a big money maker for the first-time farmer during season one of 'Clarkson's Farm', has been forced to shut due to the local county council ruling it to be unsuitable due to its location and sub-par toilet facilities.
In case you're unfamiliar with the series, 'The Grand Tour' and 'Top Gear' presenter undertook a huge task during 2020 when he decided to turn his idle land in Gloucestershire in the UK into a business. Having owned it since 2008, with a local looking after it for him, he felt the need to take it over once the villager said they were retiring.
Having had no previous farming experience, the reality series followed the ups and downs of farm life, including delivering newborn lambs, getting tractors stuck in the mud, getting his arse stung by bees (while wearing a bee suit) and harvesting crops from his fields. The first series concluded with Clarkson only managing to make a £144 profit.
Now, the cafe and shop that he opened during the series, Diddly Squat, has been forced to close by local council officials. The countryside venue proved to be a very popular inclusion in the Cotswolds, but has been known to cause traffic jams in the area.
The council deemed the infrastructure of the restaurant "unsustainable and incompatible with its open countryside location" and added that the toilet area and the car park were "visually intrusive and harmful" to the natural area. Clarkson will appeal the decision.
'Clarkson's Farm' season two hits Prime Video in early 2023.
