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Notification of decision following a Licensing Panel hearing to
determine an application for a temporary street trading licence
pursuant to the London Local Authorities Act 1990, as
amended
 

SITE:   Stalls to be
positioned adjacent to 123-211 Chiswick High Road, Chiswick,
London, W4 (the Chiswick Antiques & Vintage Market)

 
 
TO:
   
Jenny Titmuss, t/a Corky Events (“the
Applicant”)
  
TAKE NOTICE THAT
following a hearing before the Licensing and General
Purposes Sub-Committee (“the Licensing Panel” or
“Panel”)
 
ON 15th October
2025 the London Borough of
Hounslow, as the relevant Licensing
Authority,  
 
RESOLVED as follows:
 

1)        
The Licensing Panel convened to determine an
application in respect of the grant of a temporary street trading
licence made pursuant to section 31 of the London Local Authorities
Act 1990, as amended (the “Act”).
 

2)        
The application, which was shown at Appendix A of
the Agenda pack, sought a temporary street trading licence for up
to 64 market stalls adjacent to 123-211 Chiswick High Road,
Chiswick, London, W4, as per the plan shown at page
14 of the Agenda, for the purposes of an Antiques & Vintage
Market (the “Antiques Market”).  The Antiques Market was proposed to run between
9.00am to 3.00pm every 2nd Sunday of the month with a
set up time from 7.00am and a final clear up time of
5.30pm.
 

3)        
The Applicant had been operating the Antiques Market
in Chiswick for 4 years through a series of temporary street
trading licences, with the existing licence expiring on
17th October 2025.  A copy of
the existing street trading licence was
shown at pages 33-35 of the Agenda, which
also contained a number of additional conditions, including
conditions 11 and 12 stating
that the stall on the East side of Devonshire Road and
Chiswick High Road was to be removed from the licence and a
requirement that the Licence holder was to ensure clearance of the
market by 4.30pm.
 

4)        
In the current application, the Applicant wanted to
extend the market to include up to 64 stalls and to extend the
clearance time to 5:30pm.
 

5)        
During the consultation process, the Licensing
Authority received 4 representations. There was one objection from
a Ward Councillor, Councillor Biddolph, and 3 representations in
support, one from another Ward Councillor, Councillor Gill, and two
from people who operated stalls in the Antiques Market.   All parties were present at the hearing and
gave oral representations to the Panel, including responses to
questions posed to them from the Panel and others
present.
 

6)        
In making its decision, the Licensing Panel
carefully considered all the relevant information,
including:
 
-    Written and oral
representations submitted by all the parties
-
   Oral representations made by the
parties during the licensing Panel hearing
-    The London Local
Authorities Act 1990 as amended (“the
Act”)
-    Hounslow
Council’s Street Trading Policy (“the
Policy”)
-    The Human Rights Act
1998
 

7)        
In addition to seeking a new licence, the main focus
of the Applicant’s representations was to extend the time by
which traders are required to clear up the market and to reinstate
2 pitches, which she was required to remove following the last
hearing. These additional pitches were located in two areas, one on
the eastern side of the junction between Chiswick High Road and
Devonshire Road and another pitch on the eastern side of the
junction between Chiswick High Road and Annandale Road.  In respect of the first matter, it was submitted
that 1.5 hours was insufficient time for all of the traders to pack
up and remove their stalls if they finished trading at 3.00
pm.  The Panel was informed that to
clear the site by the current prescribed time of 4:30 pm meant that
many traders had to close and start packing up between 2.00 pm
– 3.00 pm. This meant they would lose valuable trading time
as the Panel was told the biggest footfall in the market was
between 12:00 pm and 3:00 pm.  The Panel
was also informed that the 4:30 pm clearance time resulted in many
of the traders moving their vehicles onto the site as soon as
possible, and whilst other people were still on site and this was
creating a safety issue. In relation to the two additional pitches
that they wished to have, the Applicant told the Panel she had seen
the same areas being used by other markets and did not see why they
were being refused.
 

8)        
With regard to the two market traders who
resubmitted supporting representations, they also stated they
required more time to clear up and remove their stalls, that the
Antiques Market was very popular with customers and bringing in
business from across London and that they have had very few
complaints about the same or from people trying to travel through
the market area.  One of the traders
stated he was an elderly gentleman and that it took him more time
to clear things away, and both traders also remarked that the items
they sold included items that could be large, heavy or fragile
which often meant further time was required to safely package these
up before removing them from the site. They also stated that they
thought the rush to clear up everything in time was also making the
process less safe and more stressful than it needed to
be.
 

9)        
Councillor Gill, in support of the application,
reiterated comments made by the others that the market brings a lot
of business into the area and encourages people to go to Chiswick.
He also considered that extra time was needed for the traders to
pack up properly and that by attracting more people to Chiswick,
some of those people may linger around and then use other shops and
businesses in the area. He considered the market a success and that
it should continue.
 

10)    
In response to the Applicant’s
representations, the Chair stated he had visited the market and had
seen what appeared to be numerous breaches and issues of concern
when he was there.  Some of these issues
were also referred to in Councillor Biddolp’s objection and
included the use of areas that had not been permitted under the
current market plan and vehicles parked in cycleways and halfway on
pavements whilst traders were clearing up at the end of the day.
The Chair also noted one instance he observed of the footpath being
entirely blocked, forcing pedestrians onto the road. These raised
issues about the Applicant’s oversight of the market,
compliance with existing licence conditions, enforcement of any
breaches and ensuring the safety of those using the market and
pedestrians and cyclists due to the actions of the stall
holders.  In response to this, the
Applicant stated she did not know about stall holders doing this
and guessed that they might be parking illegally so as not to block
the road or other cars coming into the market area to clear away
their stalls. When asked by the Chair whether the Applicant was
abrogating her responsibility she replied she was not and thought
she might know one stall holder who was doing this and that she had
seen four or five vehicles parking on the pavement but again she
did not give any clear examples of how she was effectively
supervising and managing the market or ensuring compliance with
market conditions or the safety of the public.  She stated that she was assisted by one other
person and they would walk up and down the market to ensure
compliance.
 

11)    
In response to questions as to witnessing some
stallholders displaying wares outside of their store area, the
Applicant said that this could be because they had a double pitch
and had only placed a stall for one area and were displaying items
in another permitted stall area. 
Another explanation could be that the trader was using a gazebo
that was smaller than the permitted 3x3 metre pitch area, allowing
them to use their remaining allocated space to display
goods.  When pressed on whether she had
ever taken enforcement action, the Applicant stated she had
excluded a trader in the past due to noncompliance.
 

12)    
During questions from the objector to the Applicant,
the Panel was informed that the photograph shown in her
representation on page 36 of the Agenda was taken on 31st August
2025, and it was submitted that this showed items on display in an
area that had not been permitted for use by the market. The
Applicant stated she did not recall seeing this and that this could
be an area where there was a double pitch, which was disputed by
the objector. The Applicant stated that if she had seen someone
acting in breach of the licence conditions, then she would ask them
to move.
 

13)    
In her representation, Councillor Biddolph stated
she was concerned about the impact on pedestrians and their safety,
feeling that the Antiques Market takes up more space than other
markets with goods for sale taking up additional spaces than those
permitted.  She said she had received
complaints from wheelchair users and others who were having
problems using the pavement area. She also believed that food
businesses in the areas are the most affected by the Sunday markets
as they also sell food, although she acknowledged that the Antiques
Market had fewer food places than the others. She stated she was
supportive of brick-and-mortar businesses and said that not all
markets are universally supported by residents, with one of the
additional issues being the loss of the car park space in which the
primary part of the market is situated. She did not consider that
the time for clearing up the market should be extended, nor the
number of stalls permitted extended.
 
 
 
DECISION:
 

14)    
The Act provides the Council with a measure of
discretion when deciding whether to issue a temporary street
trading licence and the Policy provides for all applications to
consider various issues as set out therein, which include
consideration of public safety, prevention of crime and disorder,
prevention of public nuisance, the appearance and suitability of
the stall/vehicle and environmental credentials.  The Policy also requires applications to consider
the needs of the area, this being the demand for the articles for
sale and the geographical location of the proposed site.
 

15)    
Having considered all the written and oral
representations by all parties, the Panel was supportive of the
Antique Market in general and was minded to grant a licence, but
had concerns about the Applicant’s management, supervision
and enforcement of the Antiques Market and licence
conditions.  It was said in support of
the application to extend the clear-up time that there were safety
issues, as other people were still in the area, and there were a
large number of vehicles being driven in by the traders so they
could clear up their stalls in time. However, these are matters the
Applicant should be supervising and dealing with to ensure the
safety of the public and traders. This requirement is also shown as
condition 8 in her existing licence. 
 

16)    
The Panel could see the benefit of extending the
clear-up time of the market to 5:30 pm to allow the traders more
time to safely remove their goods and vacate the area. At the same
time, the Panel was concerned by the Applicant’s apparent
lack of knowledge of any substantive breaches witnessed by the
Chair and reported by the objector, as well as a lack of any clear
explanation of how market conditions were being
enforced.  With the management and
enforcement of the existing market licence in question, the Panel
was not minded to add the additional 2 stalls that the Applicant
had requested, those being one additional stall on the eastern side
of the junction of Chiswick High Road and Devonshire Road, an one
additional stall on the eastern side of the junction between
Chiswick High Road and Annandale Road. 
The Panel is sufficiently concerned by this as to require the
Applicant to provide to the Licensing Authority a document setting
out how she proposes to manage the market and ensure compliance
with her temporary street trading licence within 28
days.
 

17)    
With respect to the conditions on the existing
licence that were attached by the previous licensing Panel, the
Panel considered that several of these conditions should be
maintained to ensure the safety and good management of the
market.  These included conditions 1, 2,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11.  Condition 12
of the current licence was also to be copied over, but amended to
extend the clearance time from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm.  All such conditions are to be renumbered as
appropriate in the new licence.
 

18)    
A further condition was to be added requiring the
Applicant to file with the Licensing Authority within 28 days a
market management document setting out how she will be managing the
market, supervising compliance with the licence conditions, the
management of public safety (including illegal or unsafe parking by
traders), and enforcement of any breaches of the licence
terms.  For the avoidance of doubt, this
document should also cover supervision and management of the
building up and removal from the market stalls, not just the
management of the Market during trading hours.
 

19)    
The Panel has therefore
decided to GRANT the
application for a temporary street trading licence for
a period of 6 months from 10/11/2025,
for a maximum of
62 stalls in the
locations shown in the plan to
the Applicationshown at page 14,which will need to
be amended to take
account of the removal of the two indicated stalls, and with the
following additional conditions: 

 
1.    There
shall be no stalls placed within the area of the Hogarth statue and
the railingsassociated with the statue should
not be used to display any
merchandise.  
 
2.    The
standard Conditions allow a maximum width of any licensed area
which shall not exceed one third of the useable width of the
footpath. Furthermore, a minimum unobstructed footpath width of 1.8
metres must be left clear and available and free from obstruction
to allow for safe and convenient pedestrian
movement.  
 
3.  
Traders must at no time
obstruct those businesses on Chiswick High Road who hold a pavement
or temporary Street trading
licence.  
 
4.   The
licence holder must always ensure any queues, or the serving of
customers does not impact the adjacent pavement or any pedestrian crossing points
in order to prevent
obstruction and to maintain
public safety. Queues should also not
impact upon neighbouring
premises and
businesses.  
 
5.  
The ingress and egress routes
must at no point be obstructed by the market for emergency services
or utilities.  
 
6.  
The market holder must ensure
the market operates in
a safe and orderly manner and shall not do anything which may cause
a danger, nuisance or annoyance, damage or inconvenience to the
Council, any adjacent neighbouring premises or to any member of the
public.  
 
7.    The licence holder must ensure that all appropriate road closures are applied for
and approved prior to the date of the market being
held.  
 
8.    All risk assessment and operational documents must be completed,
approved, and reviewed regularly in conjunction with the London
Borough of Hounslow events team to allow the market to take
place.  
 
9.    The stall on the East side of Devonshire Road and Chiswick High
Road is to be removed from the licence.  The stall on the east side of
Annandale Road and Chiswick High Road is also
to be removed from the
licence.  
 
10.  The
Licence holder must ensure clearance of the market by
5.30pm. 
 

20)    
There is no right of appeal by any party in relation
to the determination in respect of a temporary street trading
application.  The decision of the Panel
is therefore final.