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The Service Director Legal Services will submit a report on an application for the grant of a Sexual Entertainment Venue Licence in respect of Gentlemen Jacks, Theatre Royal, Wellington Street, Barnsley.

The Service Director Legal Services submitted a report on an application for the grant of a Sexual Entertainment Venue Licence in respect of Gentleman Jacks, Theatre Royal, Wellington Street, Barnsley.

Members noted that the current Policy in Barnsley was that only one venue could hold a licence at any one time in the Central Ward where Gentleman Jacks is sited and that this Licence was currently held by Yorkshire Security Solutions Ltd who own Wildcats.  Members were informed that if they were to award the licence to Gentleman Jacks then the licence would be removed from Wildcats, ensuring that only one venue had a licence at a time in the Ward. 

Members were informed that Yorkshire Security Solutions Ltd who owned Wildcats had agreed to cancel their licence in order for it to be allocated to South Yorkshire Holdings Ltd who would be opening Gentleman Jacks.

In the ensuing discussion, the following matters were highlighted:

• The opening times of the venue were the same as Wildcats and that no objections had been received and that these operating times would be clarified when the licence is produced
• The changing rooms would be situated in the upstairs premises as he downstairs premises would be run as a completely separate licence
• There would be doormen on the premises at all times to ensure safety and age restrictions are complied with
• Due to the nature of the activities in relation to the venue, these are the most heavily conditioned licences to be issued which was reassuring for the public and employees
• There had been no incidents or reported trouble in the past few years from Wildcats

RESOLVED:

(ii)        that South Yorkshire Holdings Ltd be granted the Sexual Entertainment Licence to open the venue Gentleman Jacks in the Central Ward; and

(ii)        that in granting South Yorkshire Holdings Ltd the Licence, that Yorkshire Security Solutions Ltd who currently hold a licence for Wildcats be cancelled.