York’s only lap dancing club is hoping to have its licence renewed by councillors next week.
Club 55, which is on the first floor of well known nightspot Ziggy’s, has applied for permission to carry on running as a sexual entertainment venue.
It would allow the club to continue operating as a sex establishment from 9pm – 3am, Monday to Sunday, and from 6pm to 4.30am on York Racecourse race days.
A sex establishment licence is valid for 12 months, so must be renewed annually.
No objections to the renewal were received during the consultation period.
Ziggy’s, a famous York nightclub York nightclub of the 80s, 90s and noughties, reopened last year.
The Micklegate venue had been running as Mansion Nightclub for eight years, when the premises included lap dancing club Upstairs, but Mansion closed in 2019 after failing to renew its tenancy.
City of York Council’s licensing policy states that there should be a maximum of two sexual entertaining venues in the city centre, providing they do not impact on properties nearby.
A report to councillors states that Club 55 is York’s only sexual entertainment venue.
Black Orchid, in Toft Green, had its sex establishment licence renewed in November 2020, despite it being boarded up at the time.
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Plans have been submitted to turn the site, the former home of Fibbers, into a new live music venue.
At a meeting of the licensing and regulatory committee on Wednesday (March 2), councillors will also review the council’s licensing policy for 2022 – 2027.