TOP Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson hopes to build a six-bedroom home in West Oxfordshire – and call it ‘Diddly Squat Farm’.

He has sought planning permission to knock down the five-bedroom Curdlehill Farm, which dates from the turn of the 20th century, just north of Chadlington.

The new house would include an outdoor swimming pool, tennis courts and parking for five cars.

Planning was granted for the conversion in 2010, but the permission lapsed earlier this year.

The new application, by property and construction consultants Treloar, is the same as the previous. It says the plan “presents the opportunity to reap a substantial environmental benefit from the demolition and rebuilding of the house.”

Website Rightmove lists the property as costing in excess of £2.35m.

Mr Clarkson, who lives in Oldner, near Chipping Norton, earned more than £14m for his work on BBC TV motoring show Top Gear last year.

West Oxfordshire District Council is considering the application.