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“As with any other planning authority, we have a legal responsibility to make sure that planning laws and policies are followed correctly by everyone to manage development and protect local communities and the environment.

“This is regardless of who they are and we treat Diddly Squat Farm no differently. Behind the scenes we have worked with the owners and planning agents of Diddly Squat Farm over the past two years to try to reach a positive outcome where the business can operate within the planning laws and policies.

“Diddly Squat Farm operated for a large part of 2021 and 2022 outside the planning permissions granted – as seen in Clarkson’s Farm. The council gave advice to try to solve the issues in a constructive way but unfortunately, this advice was not followed.

“We were left with no alternative but to enforce the breaches in planning law in the same way we believe residents would want us to deal with any unlawful development. We only ever take such action as a last resort.”