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Published:
October 25, 2006
January
decision for Burnham-On-Sea night club's lap dancing bid
Anxious
Burnham-On-Sea residents living near a High Street night club
will have to wait until the New Year to find out whether controversial
plans to introduce lap dancing and extend its opening hours get
the go-ahead.
Burnham-On-Sea.com
learns that a court pre-hearing was held this week when solicitors
from Sedgemoor District Council met a team from Shakers to discuss
the club's bid to appeal against the council's decision to turn
down the application last May.
Shakers
is requesting a variation to its licence in order to open until
4am on Fridays and Saturdays, and introduce occasional lap dancing.
A
Sedgemoor spokesman told us afterward the hearing: "The appeal
is due to be held by Bridgwater Magistrates on January 22nd, 2007."
Sedgemoor's
licensing panel rejected the application after reviewing the comments
of local police, residents and councillors who expressed
concern about the impact the longer opening hours would have on
the nearby community.
Town
councillors also raised questions about the controversial plan
at their planning meeting in April - and said they were concerned
about noise and nuisance problems in the area.
Under
the proposals, clubbers at Shakers would be able to leave the
building to have a smoke and then get back into the club.
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