 Councillors
have granted licences for two new sex shops at the Triangle.
Councillors on Bournemouth’s licensing committee insisted there were no
grounds to refuse the two sex shop applications, which will take the
total in the area to four.
White Tiger Europe Ltd was granted a sex establishment licence for 12
months for Triangle Adult Store, a lifestyle shop for lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender customers, run by the former manager of
Clone Zone.
Despite nutter objections from traders, Darker Enterprises has been
given permission to take over the licence formerly held by the Clone
Zone, which went into administration in January. It plans a new store
called Private Shop.
Appealing to the licensing committee to reject the Darker Enterprises'
application, former mayor Cllr Bob Chapman said: It’s flying in the
face of everything this council is trying to do, at considerable cost to
the taxpayers of this town and will do nothing to lift the appearance of
the Triangle area.
Jason Appleby, manager of The All New Chez L’amour in the
Triangle, said most of his customers were middle-aged, buying items
similar to those from Ann Summers. Neither needs a sex shop licence as
the percentage of “sex articles” it sells is low: I’m not sure what
they think is going to happen if two more shops are here. Most people
don’t notice this shop when they walk past.
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