Councillors set to decide on alcohol licence for Bedford Corner café In The Park House

Image above: In The Park House on Bedford Corner

Alcohol could be served until 12.00am on Fridays and Saturdays

LB Hounslow’s Licencing Panel are set to make a decision on whether to grant In The Park House (formerly Trinity Café) an alcohol licence.

Councillors have been given the option by planners to reject or grant the licence application, with or without attached conditions. The Council’s planners did not recommend a specific course of action.

Brackenbury Brews Limited, a Hammersmith-based hospitality management company, is behind the application. The company already manages two venues in Euston Station: The Square Tavern and Faim.

The café currently seats 38 people indoors across two floors and offers hot food for eating in or takeaway. According to the application, it is in the Bedford Park Conservation Area, about 64 meters away from the nearest residential accommodation on Bath Road.

Supply of alcohol for consumption on and off the premises, if approved, would be from 10.00am to 11.00pm Monday to Thursday, 10.00am to 12.00am Friday to Saturday 10.00am to 10.30pm on Sunday.

Petar Ivanisevic, the director and owner of Brackenbury Brews Limited, has 18 years of management experience, including time with the Metropolitan Pub Company. He previously ran a coffee brand called Pitch.coffee with his wife, which closed during lockdown.

Ivanisevic’s plan for The Park House includes turning an unused function room into a co-working space.

‘Fears of anti-social behaviour’ raised by local residents

Some local residents have objected to the application on the basis that granting the licence might cause a spike in anti-social behaviour, which is “already a problem”.

One resident, Charlotte Kasner, wrote into the Panel saying:

“I wish to oppose this application on the grounds of the likelihood of anti-social behaviour which is already a problem in the immediate vicinity with late-opening premises.

“It is particularly frightening when this occurs at the exit to the tube station as one is frequently accosted by beggars, drunks and drug addicts. This is much more intimidating after dark and late night opening attracts more such people.”

Councillors will deliberate on whether to grant the application at the Licensing Panel scheduled for Monday 8 January.