Meeting to decide fate of Indian restaurant

The applicant, Harpreet Dhaliwal, has applied for a license to serve alcohol at Punjabi Cuisine, which also wishes to play live music and provide dancers for entertainment to diners.

The restaurant and take-away would seat up to 60 people, and singers and dancers would only be present on certain pre-advertised dates.

It has also been promised that the restaurant would install CCTV, in an attempt to allay fears of local residents with regards to alcohol.

But the plans have not gone down well with everybody living nearby, and a letter of objection has forced the matter of whether to approve the site, next door to Tesco, to be decided by committee.

Christopher Hill, of High Road, Ickenham, said: "If awarded three premises in a row will be licensed (for alcohol) out of a total of six in the arcade.

"As the nearest house to this arcade I am concerned about further food outlets with a license opening as this will lead to further noise and disruption late at night.

"There is often loud noise, car noise until late at night, we regularly have glasses in our garden and broken glass in the street which will be further exacerbated if this application is successful.

"The main issue is that this will attract further vehicles to an area which cannot cope with the existing traffic created by customers visiting Tesco's and Domino's Pizza.

"An additional restaurant will add to the pressures of parking, litter and late night noise in an area which is already becoming blighted by the existing pressures being placed upon it."