A council is considering an application for a 'sexual entertainment' licence for punters attending the Cheltenham Festival. Red Apple Associates Limited is seeking permission from Cheltenham borough council to stage sexual entertainment at a town centre venue over six days to coincide with the influx of visitors for the jump racing festival.
The application has divided local opinion, with 'approximately 38 representations, some of which are in support'. The festival has controversially attracted stripping and lap-dancing at other venues in the town in previous years.
Although no other applications have been put forward, any venue with a premises licence or Temporary Event Notice, but without a sexual entertainment venue licence can offer sexual entertainment for a period not exceeding 24 consecutive hours once a month.