Talk:Langness Peninsula
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I think the story about how the Top Gear TV presenter has mounted a five-year battle to close a public footpath around his property should be mentioned. The whole sorry saga has cost the Manx government more than £120k in legal fees.
It all started when Clarkson moved to the IOM for the usual tax reasons. Bought a property by the sea, then had the temerity to put up fences to stop ramblers, both local and visitors, from walking the past his lighthouse on the headland.
The whole story can be followed here: overview Manx government, the BBC stories [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6].
The latest decision from April 2012, is Clarkson has lost the battle and must either allow walkers to use the path or, as he has threatened to do, piss off back to the mainland. However that would mean forfeiting his domiciliary rights required for the IOM's low tax rates. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.52.211.111 (talk) 14:50, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
- I do agree that the legal issues should be mentioned -- they are now a part of the history of the place.
- I don't understand how Clarkson's holiday home on the Isle of Man qualifies him as a resident of the Isle of Man for tax reasons. His principle domicile is supposedly in Chipping Norton rather than at Langness on the Isle of Man. I assume that his purchase of a holiday home on Man is because his wife is Manx. Unless you can be considered for tax reasons to be domiciled at a holiday home where you may spend a few weeks a year instead of at your principle residence where you actually live, it doesn't seem likely that it was for tax reasons. 75.32.59.199 (talk) 03:27, 19 February 2013 (UTC)