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From 5 June 2011, all forms of adult entertainment will no longer be licensed under provision of the Licensing Act 2003. Anyone wishing to operate a sex establishment will require a sex establishments licence from the council.
Although we are not obliged to, so we can clearly establish how we will determine future applications for licences, we have produced a draft policy on sex establishments.
The policy considers a wide range of issues including:
The proposed criteria to be used to consider whether a licence should be granted
The locations where sex establishment licences may, or may not, normally be considered
Where licences are granted, the conditions that should be imposed on each of the categories of licence
Enforcement of licensed and unlicensed premises.
The draft policy proposes that applications will not normally be granted where the premises are located:
near places of worship, community facilities or public buildings
near schools, youth clubs, leisure and recreational establishments
near any other similar premises directed at, or primarily used by children or families