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Licensing Sub-Committee - Portsmouth City

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Scheduled Time
Start:
Tuesday, 27th May 2025
11:00 AM
End:
Tuesday, 27th May 2025
3:00 PM
Meeting Status
Status:
Confirmed
Date:
27 May 2025
Location:
Council Chamber - The Guildhall, Portsmouth
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Agenda
1 Appointment of Chair
2 Declaration of interests
3 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (as amended by section 27 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009) Licensing of Sex Establishments - Sexual Entertainment Venues Application for the renewal of a licence - Wellhot Ltd - Elegance 1 Granada Road Southsea PO4 0RD
Purpose of report

The purpose of this report is for the Committee to determine an application for

the renewal of a sexual entertainment venue licence in respect of the premises situated at 1 Granada Road, Southsea, PO4 0RD and known as Elegance. The application has been submitted by Wellhot Ltd. The application has been referred to the Licensing Sub-Committee due to an objection being made.

RECOMMENDED

(a) that the Sub-Committee determine the application for the renewal of

a sexual entertainment venue in respect of the premises situated at

1 Granada Road Southsea Portsmouth PO4 0RD and known as

Elegance; and

(b) in determining this application, the Sub-Committee shall have

regard to paragraph 7.10a of its statement of licensing policy as set

out below:

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 7.10 (relating to the

numerical control on the number of sex establishments in a

particular locality), the presumption to refuse shall not apply to:

• the renewal, transfer or variation of an existing sex

establishment licence; and

(c) that the Sub-Committee has considered its statutory duty in

accordance with the Equality Act when determining this

application.
Previous Meetings
Meeting

3rd Jun 2025

Licensing Sub-Committee

Meeting

27th May 2025

Licensing Sub-Committee

Meeting

28th Apr 2025

Licensing Sub-Committee

Meeting

16th Apr 2025

Licensing Sub-Committee

Meeting

24th Mar 2025

Licensing Sub-Committee

Meeting

10th Mar 2025

Licensing Sub-Committee

Meeting

16th Jan 2025

Licensing Sub-Committee

Meeting

8th Jan 2025

Licensing Sub-Committee

Meeting

18th Nov 2024

Licensing Sub-Committee

Meeting

5th Nov 2024 Cancelled

Licensing Sub-Committee

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