Anxious Burnham-On-Sea residents living near a High Street night club will have to wait until the New Year to find out whether controversial plans to introduce lap dancing and extend its opening hours get the go-ahead.
Burnham-On-Sea.com learns that a court pre-hearing was held this week when solicitors from Sedgemoor District Council met a team from Shakers to discuss the club’s bid to appeal against the council’s decision to turn down the application last May.
Shakers is requesting a variation to its licence in order to open until 4am on Fridays and Saturdays, and introduce occasional lap dancing.
A Sedgemoor spokesman told us afterward the hearing: “The appeal is due to be held by Bridgwater Magistrates on January 22nd, 2007.”
Sedgemoor’s licensing panel rejected the application after reviewing the comments of local police, residents and councillors who expressed concern about the impact the longer opening hours would have on the nearby community.
Town councillors also raised questions about the controversial plan at their planning meeting in April – and said they were concerned about noise and nuisance problems in the area.
Under the proposals, clubbers at Shakers would be able to leave the building to have a smoke and then get back into the club.
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