Following planning issues, Jeremy Clarkson has reportedly called halt on his Diddly Squat restaurant and cafe.
The eaterie, which is located on his Chipping Norton home, opened earlier this year and serves dishes cooked with products from his farm.
The former Top Gear host, who is documenting his new odd business as a farmer on Clarkson’s Farm, originally struggled to get the eatery off the ground.
The TV host, 62, had his first planning application denied by West Oxfordshire District Council in January because the new joint was deemed ‘out of character’ with the surrounding region.
He was later served with an enforcement notice in October, months after finally opening the restaurant, stating that the parking, toilets, traffic, and dining facilities erected by Clarkson’s farm are ‘visually invasive and damaging’ to the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The illegal usage of Diddly Squat Farm is unsustainable and incompatible with its open rural position, according to the local municipality.

It then ordered the closure of the restaurant and any other establishments selling food for consumption on the farm, as well as the removal of the dining tables, chairs, parasols, picnic tables, and mobile toilet.
Clarkson’s agents contested the ruling, claiming that they were not in violation of planning legislation at the time and that the council’s decision was ‘extreme.’
According to a source, Clarkson appears to have changed his mind and decided to concede defeat to the council.
The Mirror said Clarkson wrote a letter to the council, penning: ‘I no longer wish to open a restaurant,’ adding he’d been ‘thwarted by the enforcement notice.’
According to the publication, locals in Chipping Norton were thrilled with the decision, with one reportedly saying: ‘It is a win for the community. I would like the whole thing shut down.
‘We are just a small village and Diddly Squat Farm is in the wrong place.’
The news comes after Clarkson was universally condemned for a vile attack against Meghan Markle in his column for The Sun, which was later removed by the outlet.
Following widespread criticism, the former Top Gear presenter said he himself was ‘horrified’ over his remarks.
In a statement, he said: ‘Oh dear. I’ve rather put my foot in it.
‘In a column I wrote about Meghan, I made a clumsy reference to a scene in Game of Thrones and this has gone down badly with a great many people.’
He added: ‘I’m horrified to have caused so much hurt and I shall be more careful in future.’
However, Clarkson’s own family members have voiced their disgust over what he wrote, with 28-year-old daughter Emily making it very clear where she stands.
Amongst the first to publicly condemn the accomplished broadcaster, she wrote in a social media post: ‘I want to make it very clear that I stand against everything that my dad wrote about Meghan Markle and I remain standing in support of those that are targeted with online hatred.’
Other celebrities who reacted in horror included Carol Vorderman, Dan Walker, and Britain’s Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon, who stated on This Morning that Clarkson ‘needs to be muzzled’.