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Sex establishment policy

This policy sets out our proposed approach to regulating sex establishments and the procedure that we will adopt in relation to applications for sex establishment licences.

  1. Overview
  2. Limits on the number of premises
  3. Location of premises
  1. Impact
  2. Applicants
  3. Premises appearance and layout

Premises appearance and layout

We expect premises to:

  • have an external appearance which is in keeping with the locality
  • prevent the display outside the premises of photographs or other images which may be construed as offensive to public decency
  • adequate lighting to allow monitoring of all public areas
  • surveillance by CCTV
  • surveillance by CCTV of all private booths.
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