Chicken Cottage Faces Opposition to Late Night Opening
Neighbours concerned about noise, litter and anti-social behaviour
Chicken Cottage at 12 Chiswick High Road. Picture: ChiswickW4.com
February 13, 2025
A fast-food operation on Chiswick High Road is facing objections from its neighbours to an attempt to stay open as late as 4am.
Chicken Cottage, at number 12 close to the junction with Goldhawk Road, currently is supposed to shut at 11pm each evening.
It has applied to stay open until 4am on weekends and 2am for the rest of the week.
The application is due to be considered by the borough Licensing Panel on Thursday 27 February and 16 objections have been made by people living close to the site on a variety of grounds including concerns about noise, anti-social behaviour and littering.
Many objectors were anxious to stress that they were not against late opening per se and nearby businesses such as Rendezvous had engaged with them when they raised issues, but they felt that the nature of Chicken’s Cottage’s business was not appropriate for late night trading at that location. Some accused management of failing to engage with local people.
The Hounslow Police Licensing Team said that the application was ‘broadly acceptable’ but asked for some extra conditions including those relating to CCTV on the premises, to which the applicant agreed.
Other conditions that apply if the licence is granted is that a minimum of three staff must be on the premises after 11pm and that all delivery vehicles after this time will either be pedal cycles or EV scooters.
The address used to be the premises of Maachan Indian restaurant before being converted into a Chicken Valley, a similar business to Chicken Cottage, which went into liquidation in 2023.
Chicken Cottage was established in 1983 opening its first branch in Wembley and now has 67 outlets. It is majority owned by Malaysian companies including the main investment arm of the State of Terengganu. It serves Halal chicken which blends South Asian and southern US flavours.
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