A strip club based in Liverpool city centre is hoping to extend its weekend trading hours.
An application has been lodged with Liverpool Council by the operators of Erotica on Stanley Street seeking to open an hour earlier as well as sell alcohol longer on Sundays. A premises licence was granted to the venue in 2019, allowing recorded music and performance of dance from Monday to Saturday from 11am to 6am.
On Sundays, the venue must close at 5am with a permitted midday opening. Alcohol can be served on site from 11am to 5.30am Monday to Saturday, with drinks allowed from midday to 4.30am Sundays.
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The premises is now seeking permission to open and trade alcohol from 11am every Sunday, an hour earlier than its current licence. Representations on the plans can be made by members of the public until February 22.
It is the latest move by a sex entertainment venue in the city regards its licensing. An application was lodged to Liverpool Council by Dreamers on Victoria Street for a sexual entertainment venue licence after its original terms lapsed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Following the lockdown imposed as the virus spread across the country, a personal licence held by Gareth Kim Yuan Loh expired on March 29, 2021. According to its website, the local authority does not “take a moral stand in the licensing of sex establishments and recognises that Parliament has made it lawful to operate a sex establishment and that such businesses are a legitimate part of the retail and leisure industries.”
Under its original licence, nobody under the age of 18 was permitted to enter the venue and “a performer on any stage area must at all times wear at least a G-string during the performance.” The application by Dreamers to re-establish itself in the city has been met with opposition by Cllr Nick Small, central ward member.
He said Victoria Street was “the wrong place for a venue like this.” A date for the applications made by Erotica and Dreamers have yet to be confirmed by the city council.
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