A THIRD strip club in one year has been ordered to remove part of its signage due to the ‘changing’ town centre.  

Temptation, in Yelverton Road, has been granted another sexual entertainment venue licence for 12 months on the condition of removing the word ‘strip’ from external signage.

The decision follows a BCP Council licensing sub-committee meeting on September 25 with a single resident objecting the renewal.

The decision notice stated that Temptation has operated as a lap dancing club since at least 2005.

It added that the sub-committee is “mindful” of the on-going change of the character of the town, with more residential accommodation being built or re-developed which is likely to attract more families and young people.

Approval was given by the council last year to convert the former House of Fraser building into 129 premium student bedrooms.

However, the sub-committee said that the strip club is located on a side road and trades late at night, so that there were no grounds to refuse the application.

The decision follows two nearby strip clubs also being ordered to adapt its signage in 2023.

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In July last year Wiggle, on Old Christchurch Road, was instructed to remove images of a silhouette on a pole from its signage.

Months later in October, FYEO also on Old Christchurch Road, was ordered to remove ‘The Ultimate Table Dancing Club’ lettering from the signage.

FYEO, which has been operating for over 20 years, appeared at its recent license renewal on October 3, with a decision yet to be made.

A lawyer representing the applicant, Hampshire Ltd, boasted of its “tastefully subdue exterior” which families or young students are ‘likely to not notice’.

BCP resident, Susan Stockwell, actively campaigns against the venues and has been objecting against the renewal applications.

She previously said that men leaving strip clubs at night are like “aggressive stags during breeding season.”

Susan, who has lived in the area for 30 years, said she began objecting to strip clubs because she wanted Bournemouth to be “safe to walk around at any time, for anyone.”