{"id":644037,"date":"2026-10-28T18:44:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/644037\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T18:44:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:44:22","slug":"council-forbids-jeremy-clarkson-from-making-cotswolds-pub-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/644037\/","title":{"rendered":"Council forbids Jeremy Clarkson from making Cotswolds pub change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The former Top Gear presenter opened The Farmer\u2019s Dog in Asthall, near Burford, in 2024, adding the pub to his growing Cotswolds business interests alongside Diddly Squat Farm and its popular farm shop near Chadlington.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Now, Instagram user Charley Gillam has remarked on how wet and muddy the car park is at Mr Clarkson&#8217;s Oxfordshire attractions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Name-dropping Diddly Squat Farm but uploading a clip of the car park at The Farmer&#8217;s Dog pub in Asthall.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/26674119.fans-plead-dont-go-woke-richard-hammond-amid-tv-stars-admission\/?ref=ed_recent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fans plead &#8216;don&#8217;t go woke&#8217; to Richard Hammond amid TV star&#8217;s admission<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In the video, the social media influencer can be seen trying to avoid massive muddy puddles as he makes his way back to the car from the pub with a bag of shopping.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He said: &#8220;When I tell you it\u2019s a mud bath, I mean it.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Clarkson saw the video and replied with a comment posted underneath, stating how <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westoxon.gov.uk\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">West Oxfordshire District Council<\/a> had ruled that he could not put a hard surface down.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He said: &#8220;And the council has just told us we can\u2019t put down hard core.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/26674034.unnecessary-unkind-anton-du-beke-called-amid-move-away-strictly\/?ref=ed_recent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Unnecessary and unkind&#8217; Anton Du Beke called out amid move away from Strictly<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Clarkson also spoke about this while writing in his latest Sunday Times column, claiming he had been unable to get permission despite contacting the council.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He said: &#8220;We&#8217;ve rung. We&#8217;ve begged. We&#8217;ve pleaded. We&#8217;ve explained that if we don&#8217;t do the work now we will lose the hardcore and, all winter, our customers will be dragging tons of mud onto the roads. And all we get back is silence.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Clarkson said uncertainty also surrounds his Diddly Squat Farm Shop near Chipping Norton.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He added: &#8220;Nearly 300 people are employed by my various enterprises these days. And all of them want to know if their jobs are secure. And all we can ever tell them is: &#8216;We don&#8217;t know.'&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former Top Gear presenter opened The Farmer\u2019s Dog in Asthall, near Burford, in 2024, adding the pub&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-644037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}