The owner of a brewery in a tiny village south of Swindon will appeal against the decision to refuse consent for a beer garden he has already built.

But some nearby residents fear a development in their village similar to Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat Farm Shop and café,  which has caused consternation to several of his neighbours due to its growing popularity.

Jason Bayliffe runs, with wife Vicenza, Broadtown Brewery in the village of Broad Town, just south of Royal Wootton Bassett.

Since last summer the brewery has served customers in a purpose-built canopied decking arrangement on land across the road from the brewery buildings.

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It was constructed to allow people to drink out of doors in more comfort during the Covid-19 restrictions - but Mr Bayliffe did not get planning permission from Wiltshire Council before it went up.

A retrospective application for permission was put in by Mr Bayliffe, but was rejected by Wiltshire Council planners despite most of the public submissions being in support.

Mr Bayliffe confirmed he would "absolutely" appeal against the verdict.

“In my opinion it was a minority who were heard when the application was refused," he said.

“The majority, the people who come to use the facilities and enjoy them, thought we were bound to get the consent. And when we didn’t, they were shocked and amazed.

“So they’re now backing us to get it, and I think the majority will be heard.”

Mr Bayliffe said the brewery and beer garden now employed five full time staff and six part-time, from the village.

The appeal will be heard by a Government-appointed planning inspector who will receive written submissions and possibly hold a public hearing before making a ruling.

That’s normally the end of a planning dispute, although there is scope to take the matter to the High Court.

Not everyone is in support of the pavilion being approved, however.

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Four wrote to Wiltshire council objecting on grounds of increased traffic, with pedestrians walking in the road owing to a lack of pavements,  noise nuisance to those who live in near-by  and parking on fields near the pavilion which was also said to be causing disturbance

And that was persuasive, with the application being refused on these grounds.

Another told the LDRS: "No countryside custodian wants a pub equivalent of Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat Farm illegally using diminishing agricultural land in Wiltshire.”

Jeremy Clarkson was recently refused planning permission for a restaurant at his Diddly Squat Farmstead in the Cotswolds with residents unhappy with traffic problems at the site as the place became famous for the presenter's Amazon series Clarkson's Farm.