Clarkson submitted plans to extend his pub with outdoor bar

Clarkson, 64, paid “less than one million” for The Windmill and five acres of countryside, near the village of Burford in Oxfordshire.

The dilapidated wedding venue is set to be totally transformed by the Grand Tour host and new plans have revealed how the star hopes to transform it.

BIRDSEYE: The Windmill in Asthall. (Image: Emma Trimble / SWNS) The former Top Gear star submitted a new licensing application to West Oxfordshire District Council - which hopes to expand the pub's ability to sell alcohol on its site to outdoors.

Clarkson also hopes to include a bar on the first floor and include a 'temporary tent' on the grounds.

In documents submitted to support the proposal, the applicant wrote: "To update the floor plans to include a bar on the first floor, extend the licensable area outside the premises and include a temporary tent in a fixed location."

The pub is set to be completely transformed. (Image: Emma Trimble / SWNS) Clarkson has set out intentions to ban “noisy TVs”, encourage traditional pub games, serve only British produce, and hand out a free pint of Hawkstone to farmers. 

A West Oxfordshire District Council spokesman stated: “We have received an application to vary the Premise Licence at the Windmill Restaurant.

"It will follow the legal process for an application of this type, which starts with a 28-day public consultation before the council determines the request in line with national guidelines, taking into account any feedback received.”

The pub is not expected to open until later this year to allow time for refurbishments.

Villagers have previously enthusiastically backed Jeremy Clarkson’s plans to renovate the pub despite fears over increased traffic. 

Jeremy Clarkson bought the pub in Oxfordshire. (Image: PA)

The pub was once near the site of a dogging hotspot.

Clarkson also owns Diddly Squat Farm in Chadlington but admitted that purchasing a pub too close to home was not an option.

Speaking to The Times, Clarkson explained the reasoning behind adding the pub to his growing portfolio.

“I decided last year that I’d like to buy a pub. So I called everyone I know who has one and they all said the same thing: the pub business is dying,” he said.

“They’re closing at a rate of more than a thousand a year. You would have to be mad to buy one. It's insane.

“So I’ve bought a pub. It turns out that when you walk into a pub and ask if you can buy it, the owner will react in one of two ways.

“Either he will fall to his knees and sob with gratitude.

"Or he will fall to his knees and cling tightly to your legs while making a high-pitched keening noise, and sob with gratitude.”