License for Homemade Cafe at the Forest Recreation Ground Pavilion

12 years ago Featured

Love taking the kids here. A nice evening spot would be amazing for the area. Totally disagree with the police on this one. Please let them have the license!

12 years ago Featured

Gladstone Street. This cafe is a gem and deserves a fair chance. It brings a nice crowd and makes the park feel way safer at night. Dont see what the fuss is about.

12 years ago Featured

Forest Fields local here. Sick of the council blocking everything fun in this city. A glass of wine with dinner is hardly gonna cause a riot is it? Get it sorted.

This is just ridiculous. You cannot say that Homemade having a license will result in increased prostitution, street drinking, violence etc.That is like saying that a sweet shop will result in increased obesity!I am a Psychotherapist and the Manager of a local charity, and I can tell you, people do not engage in behaviours such as those mentioned, due to licensed premises being in the area.There are deeper issues at play for people who enage in risky, anti-social behaviours, and it is not fair to prevent a perfectly respectable establishment from developing it's business, on the basis of erroneous correlations. I provide support to female sex workers, and can tell you that having an establishment like Homemade open in the evenings would likely deter them from working in or around those premises, as it is, as you so well know, an activity that is not legal and as such, it tends to be undertaken in discreet places. I appreciate the police and friends of the forest are very weary about the forest returning to a place of misuse, but I really feel blocking music and licensing from Homemade is not required on these grounds. How can business' be expected to grow, and the Nottingham economy and society to thrive, if opportunities are not given to do so. Also,binge and street drinkers would rarely pay establishment prices for alcohol, as they are out of their financial capability and are much more prone to buying cheap off license.I really think you are very wide of the mark on this one. Give Homemade the chance to brighten the lives of those around the Pavillion area, and others who would like to just be able to go and relax, in a lovely envirnoment, with a glass of wine, listening to some live music. Sounds like a perfectly blissful and respectable evening to me!!I live in Nottingham, and work very near the Pavillion, in the Nottingham Womens Centre on Chaucer Street. I would love to be able to pop to Homemade for a nice meal and a glass of wine some evening after wor

I find the police and local councillors attitude to Homemades proposal quite shocking.  Having lived in the area (on and off) from 1997-2012 on Forest Road, Alfreton Road, Bentick Ave. and Noel Street (directly opposite the forest, not the other end) I can say that there used to be a massive problem with prostitution on Forest Road, cottaging/rent boys on Gregory Boulevard and general crime in the area.  This has to some extent been cleaned up and the Council have invested money in re-generating the park to the pleasant area it is now. To say that Homemades application would bring these things back is in my opinion ludicrous. This isn't going to be an establishment belting out thumping music at all times of the night or selling cheap offers on alcohol to attract the unhealthier side of peoples drinking. On the music front, when I lived on Noel  St. I ran a test with my own sound system (1K speakers) from my flat to see how far away I could hear it.  That test didn't even reach the end of the car park let alone to where Homemade is now, so to say that acoustic music being played (even if amplified) would disturb residents (most of whom on Noel  St. and surrounding streets are now student lets) is plainly wrong, especially when taking into account traffic and tram noise from Gregory Boulevard in the evening. Jasmin and her team have a very good business model and common sense to what is good for an area which I feel the police and council should back.  You've invested in the area to create an open pleasant space for families and friends to congregate so why not show some faith in Homemade to put the park on the map as more than just somewhere to walk your dog or go for a jog and as a location for some fantastic food, soothing live music from local musicians and a glass of wine on a summers evening.  That would be investing for all the right reasons, not the old wrong ones. Paul C Taylor.  

Although I do not live in the area, I am in full support of this project. Small businesses such as ‘Homemade’ are just what the UK needs. Pushing ahead with ideas, creating jobs, raising the standard of the area not to mention tax revenue! As for possible causal claims, in this case, of social disorder, the data on that particular subject is overwhelmingly in opposition*. A greater number of people ‘on-the-street’, so to speak, have a direct correlation with reducing incidents of social disorder. The causal factor appears to be directly observable behaviour, i.e. more 'eye witnesses', less crime! [*S..M.Hashemi Et Al 2011, Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol. 4, No. 3; June 2011, Improvement of Environment Security and Decrease of Crimes; B.C. Welsh, D.P. Farrington (2008): Effects of improved street lighting on crime, Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2008:13]

12 years ago Featured

Bowers Avenue nottingham. Frankly i think its ridiculous the license isnt allowed. The council have spent money revamping forest ground and a lovely business has moved in to optimise the setting. This business would not attract the type of binge drinkers the council fears will become prevalent. People can drink on the forest ground anyway, blocking a licencse for a business who can serve alcohol in a controlled safr environment seems to me like alcohol would still appear on the ground through more illegitimate means.

12 years ago Featured

Please add a comment stating your street if you live in the vicinity of the pavilion. This will be the biggest help of all. Thanks x

I live nearby and walk through the Forest everyday on my way to and from work. I was absolutely delighted when I heard that there was going to be such a huge investment in the area; even more so when I heard that Homemade, a local independent cafe, would be running the Pavilion. To be honest with you, in all the time I’ve lived in area, I’ve never seen the forest as a ‘destination,’ as a place to go and spend time (even Goose fair can lose its shine for people who live close by, thanks to the traffic, litter and noise it brings) and now there is the opportunity for it to become just that, somewhere that appeals to all residents, somewhere that people want to go and spend time (indeed, what a wasted investment it would be if they didn’t!) Having been to Homemade in Hockley and Sherwood, I know they will strike the right balance in what they do; if it was a Weatherspoons or a discount off-licence then I’d maybe understand the argument against granting them a licence, but it’s not, its lovely little home grown independent business whom we all should be supporting. Please don’t let the short-sightedness of a few bureaucrats prevent the Forest from becoming the place it should be.

12 years ago Featured

I am a resident of Burford Road. I think it is a great idea! I think there needs to be something going on in the evening in the forest to deter the local drunks from hanging around. But provided that there is adequate lighting improvements to the forest footpaths- you literally risk your life walking through it once the sun goes down! Would be nice to see more of a community vibe to help what is otherwise a rather run down area. Let's bring the life back to the Forest!!