Three lap dancing clubs in Leicester will not be granted new licences after a city council decision.
Lap dancing at the Baby Blue, Panache and Angels clubs is being stopped supposedly because their locations are not considered 'appropriate'.
Platinum Lace in Abbey Street and Spearmint Rhino in Belgrave Gate will be allowed to continue to operate.
The three clubs will only be allowed to stay open if they change their shows so they do not include sexual entertainment , the
council said.
Panache is considered close to residential properties in Yeoman Street. Angels is close to community facilities being built by a university, while Baby Blue, in New Bond Street, is close to a shopping centre.
Update: Legal Action
23rd May 2012. See article from
thisisleicestershire.co.uk
A lap-dancing club refused a licence to continue featuring sexual performances has won an appeal against part of the decision.
An application for a sexual event venue licence made by businessman Krzysztof Neumann, who runs Angels was rejected by the city council in December.
Councillors said they were concerned the application was being made on behalf of former owner Jagdeep Singh Bhader, someone to whom they would not grant a licence. They also claimed the location was not appropriate given that a sports centre was
being built by De Montfort University in nearby Dun's Lane.
At a hearing this week, Leicester magistrates overturned the first part of the ruling and ordered the council to pay £ 5,000 in costs.
However, a
decision on the location appeal has to be made by a high court judge, which is not likely until September. Until the outcome of the second part of the appeal, Mr Neumann is unable to re-employ dancers, but is able to trade as a hostess club.