• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

MayorWatch

London News and Comment

  • NEWS
  • Twitter

K&C revokes Chicken takeaway’s late licence

February 6, 2009 - Staff

Kensington and Chelsea Council have revoked the late trading licence of a Chicken Cottage after it became the base for a gang and a focus for anti-social behaviour.

Council officials say the self-styled “Chicken Cottage Crew” used the takeaway in Ladbroke Grove as a focal point to inflict waves of theft, physical violence and intimidation on the local community.

A recent meeting of the borough’s Licensing Committee heard how the police were called to 71 incidents of crime and disorder and public nuisance connected with the takeaway that took place between November 2007 and November 2008.

The Committee were told this compared adversely with a Tandoori restaurant which previously operated from the premises and had no history of similar crime or disorder problems and with a local pizza takeaway which has just 25 incidents during the same period.

As a result, the takeaway’s late licence was revoked under the Licensing Act 2003 and the store will now have to close by 11pm.

Councillor Mrs Priscilla Frazer, Chair of Kensington and Chelsea Council’s Licensing Committee, said the decision “sends a clear message to other late night establishments that they can’t sit back and let their premises become a magnet for crime and disorder.”

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)

RECENT UPDATES

Tube and rail users to benefit from Oyster weekly fares cap

Mayor and TfL call on ministers to help plug funding gap

Tube to get full mobile phone coverage from 2024

TfL says Direct Vision Standard is already making HGVs safer for London road users




POPULAR

City Hall to move to Docklands as Mayor seeks to raise £55m for frontline services

‘Concern’ over TfL’s ability to deliver major projects in wake of Crossrail cost overruns

City Hall halts London Overground ticket office closures but many will still see opening hours reduced

Transport for London confirms bus cuts will go ahead despite passenger opposition

GOT A STORY?

As the original London news and scrutiny site we've been casting an eye over the capital's public services and politicians since 1999.

 

Many of our top stories started with a tip-off from a reader - if you've got something you'd like us to cover get in touch and we'll do the rest.

Stay In Touch

  • E-mail
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2022 · Terms of Use · Privacy Policy