Higgsy’s burger bar owner vows to work with council to get trading again in Peterborough

The comments from Adam Miller, co-owner of Higgsy’s, comes just days after he moved his business into the car park of Ascot House at Lynch Wood after being forced by a neighbouring local authority to move out of a layby on the A15.

Higgsy’s had to move from its former site off the A15 Norman Cross lay-by spot, where it had been since 2022, after Huntingdonshire District Council refused to grant a trading license.

The district council cited concerns over the amount of customer traffic and associated road dangers.

Now he has been told that Peterborough City Council is looking into Higgsy’s move to the Ascot House site.

Mr Miller said: “We want to work with the council and find the most effective solution in order to get us trading.

“This is so we can get on with giving people the food that they very clearly want.

“We haven’t opened at Ascot House yet.”

And in a Facebook post, Higgsy’s stated: “We won't be open this week.

"We misunderstood the licence requirements when operating on private property but we're working with the very helpful licensing team at Peterborough City Council to get it sorted ASAP

“We know it's too long to go without your Higgsy's and we now have scores more local customers in Lynch Wood waiting too!

“We'll be back as soon as we can!”

Higgsy’s, which is well known for its popular Daisy Duke and Redneck smash burgers, has been consistently rated by customers as one of the best places to get a burger.

A spokesperson for the council said: “We are currently investigating cases of alleged unauthorised uses on land at Ascot House and uses of the building.

“This includes looking into recent reports that a hot food takeaway business appears to be operating from the car park at the site.”

Steve Swan, chairman of the West Orton Residents Association, said residents had a number of complaints about businesses at Ascot House.

He said: “Residents are reeling from the news that a mobile sandwich business has been set up at an already controversial site.

“Ascot House already hosts a number of individual businesses contributing in some way to an overall issue of noise and increased traffic problems for residents.”

He said residents already had to cope with an increase in traffic and HGVs arriving at Ascot House site and that the popular sandwich bar would add to those problems.”

Residents’ battle to stop licensing application:

The objections to Higgsy’s arrival comes as representatives of the residents association try to block a licensing application from Ascot House to sell alcohol on site from 11am to 2am.

Members of the association are to outline their concerns at a meeting of the council's licensing committee on Wednesday.

The owners of Ascot House have been approached for a response.