Sex Establishment
Sex Establishments are required to be licensed under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982.
A sex establishment can either be a Sex Shop or a Sex Cinema.
A sex shop is a premises used for business which consists to a significant degree of selling sex articles.
A sex cinema is any premises used to a significant degree for showing of films which are concerned primarily with, or relate to, or are intended to simulate sexual activity.
The law defines the way in which an application is made, which includes advertising notice of the application in the local press and displaying a notice outside the premises for a specific time period to give passers by the opportunity to comment by a statutory closing date.
When considering an application for a sex establishment licence the council must take into account a number of deciding factors. To discuss these factors, the suitability of a location and current fee please contact us by completing a notification of intention to apply for a sex establishment licence form which can accessed on the right.
The form takes about 5 minutes to complete online and you can monitor your progress using the progress bar at the bottom of the screen.
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