Decision details

Date of Decision:

30^th October, 2025

Title:

Sex Establishment Policy Review 2025

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Sam Barstow, Assistant Director Community Safety and Street Scene

Details of Specific Delegation

or

Delegation contained in the relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.

Regeneration and Environment Sub Scheme of delegation, section 7 authorises the Assistant Director as follows-

7.       Other functions

Any function not otherwise reserved to the full Council, the Cabinet, a committee of the Cabinet, a member of the Cabinet, a joint committee discharging executive functions or another local authority, relevant to the Assistant Director’s portfolio.

Decision:

Confirm that the Sex Establishment Policy continues to meet its aims and should remain in place pending a full review in 2030.

Reasons for the Decision:

To confirm that the policy remains relevant and appropriate prior and to formalise that a review should take place in 2030.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

The Council could have undertaken a full review of the current policy.  This would require the approval of a draft policy by Cabinet followed by full consultation and engagement with stakeholder groups.  A proposed policy would then be submitted for approval by Cabinet.

This option was not recommended as the current policy has been in place for less than two years following the full review in 2023.  The light touch review of the policy by officers has confirmed that the current policy is meeting the aims and objectives and therefore a further review is unnecessary.

Conflicts of interest declared by any Cabinet Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

None.

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

None.

Conflicts of interest declared by the Decision Maker if they sit as a Cabinet appointed representative to an outside body which relates to the decision:

None.

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

None.

Reports or parts of reports relevant to the decision being taken:

The report of the Alan Pogorzelec – Sex Establishment Licensing Policy Review