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Object to lap dancing club in Leamington!! See here.

Object to lap dancing clubs in Sheffield!!

Object to lap dancing club in Manchester!!

The owner of the premises currently leased to Rileys snooker club wants to use it as a lap dancing club instead. Greater Manchester Police will be objecting. Send objections to: premises.licensing@manchester.gov.uk. See here for more info. See OBJECT toolkit and template letter: http://www.object.org.uk/toolkit-3


Object to lap dancing club in Accrington!!

Write to: The Licensing Officer, Licensing Section, 20 Canon Street, Accrington, Lancs. BB5 1NJ.

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Sign this petition to close all lap dancing clubs in York! 

Cheltenham Borough Council is running workshops for residents on how to effectively object to lap dancing club licence applications. See here. 

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Three lap dancing clubs in Leicester have had their renewal applications rejected under the new SEV policy and will be closing. See here.

Diamonds and Pearls lap dancing club in Henley has finally been shut down for good after over 100 reported crimes at the venue. See here.

Research shows that 86.4% of councils have already adopted the SEV legislation. See here.

Hounslow Council adopt new legislation. See here.

Halos lap dancing club in Newquay has lost its lap dancing licence after breaking rules. See here.

Solent Feminist Network have led a successful campaign to get Portsmouth City Council to consider limiting the number of lap dancing clubs. See here. The new policy is currently being drawn up. SFN is pressing for a nil limit for the area.

Solent Feminist Network have also persuaded councillors to reject a planning application by Wiggle lap dancing club in Portsmouth. See here.

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Plymouth council discusses adopting SEV legislation. See here.

Shades club in Leamington reapplies for SEV licence after last attempt was rejected. See here.

Durham residents object to SEV licence for lap dancing club. See here.

Doncaster residents object to SEV licence for Doncaster lap dancing club. See here.

Coventry Women’s Voices call for a nil limit to be placed on SEVs. See here. Community Safety Scrutiny Board recommends a nil limit. See here.

Doncaster mayor wants no lap dancing clubs in the town. See here.

Objections to 2 SEV applications in Leicester. See here.

Boston nightclub and lap dancing venue could have its alcohol licence removed. See here.

Lap dancer wins right to take Stringfellows to employment tribunal over working conditions and unfair dismissal. See here and here.

30 objections made against Spearmint Rhino club in Sheffield. See here.

Residents and local MP oppose SEV licence for Rochester pub. See here.

Jennifer Hayashi Danns, author of new book Stripped: The Bare Reality of Lap Dancing, writes in The Guardian about the reality of working as a lap dancer. See here.

A nightclub in Bury St Edmunds is removing the lapdancing conditions from its licence. See here.

Despite 81 letters of objection and evidence of poor management, Wild Cherry becomes the first club in Newquay to get an SEV licence. See here.

Two lap dancing clubs in Cheltenham have opted to stop trading as such due to the new SEV licensing. This leaves only one SEV in the borough.

Oxford City Council to consider placing caps on the number of lap dancing clubs allowed in certain areas. See here. There will be a public consultation on this in November – watch this space!

First lap dancing club in Accrington opening soon. See here. Locals object.

Oxford City Council is considering whether to impose a cap on SEVs. See here.

Oxford Feminist Network is objecting to the re-opening of The Lodge lap dancing club at its new venue, after it was closed down earlier this year. See here.

Ex pole-dancer hits out at study into social impact of lap dancing clubs. See here. 

Cambridge City Council goes back on nil limit it set out in its SEV policy. See here.

Amid rising student fees, Spearmint Rhino boss urges university students to strip to pay for their education. See here.

Lap dance bars 'lead to rise in sex trafficking'. See here.

Academics conducting research into the effects of lap dancing clubs on communities - with interest held on whom the sex industry harms, where and how - which will then inform councils’ decisions on SEV policy. See here.