Clarkson awaits council response on Farmers Dog car park

Jeremy Clarkson says he is waiting for West Oxfordshire District Council to respond to his request to lay hardcore in the field used as the Farmers Dog’s car park, warning that delays could affect his businesses and people employed across his enterprises. Clarkson said the material, which can be used to create a firmer surface, was offered during the summer for a limited time. He wanted it spread across the parking field before winter rain made the ground muddy. Without the work, he said, customers could carry mud onto nearby roads. In remarks published in a Sunday newspaper column, Clarkson said he had contacted the council but had received no answer. The claim about the request and the lack of a response comes from Clarkson; no council decision is reported. The status of the application is therefore not independently established in the accounts of his remarks. Clarkson said nearly 300 people work across his enterprises and that he could not tell them whether their jobs were secure. He also said owners of nearby cafés, antique shops and guesthouses rely on visitors drawn to Diddly Squat Farm. Those employment and business impacts were presented as Clarkson’s assessment,...