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Sex Establishment Applications

Sex Establishment Applications

Guidance to Applicants



1. General

Before making your application you are advised to read the Councils Policy with regards to Sex Establishments. This can be found on the council website www.medway.gov.uk or a hard copy is available from the Licensing Unit.


2. Applications

You must make your application on the Council’s prescribed form which is available on the council website www.medway.gov.uk or by contacting the customer contact team 01634 333333.


3. Fees

The fees are currently:-


Sex Shop and Sex Cinemas



Sexual Entertainment Venues



Debit card and credit card payments by telephone

The Licensing Unit can process your payment instantly. When payments are accepted, it can issue you with a receipt via email or send you confirmation in the post. Please have your payment card ready for a member of the unit to enter on the computer system. They will ensure that your card details and personal information remain secure and confidential when using the system. Please do not leave your payment details on voicemail.


Cheques payable to Medway Council

The Licensing Unit can take cheques. All cheques are then forwarded to the council's cashiers for processing. Once this is done, a receipt is sent to licensing which is then sent out to the applicant. This can take some time, so please be patient. In some cases the licensing team is unable to complete the processing of your application until the payment is confirmed.


Cash

We are unable to take cash payments in licensing.  You can make payments by cash by visiting the council contact points Riverside One or Strood Contact Point using the automated till.  Payments must be made using an appropriate payment slip or other information to identify the payment.  Please note that their is a delay in making cash payments as all documents goes to our cashiers department for processing of the payment and then forwarded to licensing unit.



4. Plans

All new and renewal applications (plans should be submitted for variation applications where it relates to numerous changes to the layout) must be accompanied by:-




Plans should clearly identify the following where applicable:-



And in addition for Sex Shops


And in addition for Sex Cinemas


And in addition for Sexual Entertainment Venues


  1. Land Registry (Premises) or Log Book (Other)

Please send a certified copy of the document of title of the premises (land registry), vehicle (log book), vessel or stall in respect of which the licence is sought.


  1. Financial Documentation

The Council are requesting documentation in relation to a number of financial requirements as we have a duty to make sure no criminal activity is involved with the business such as money laundering, fraud, identify theft and forgery just to name a few.


We therefore require





7. Photographs and passport/driving licence

This authority is under a duty to prevent and detect fraud. We are therefore, asking for those persons (persons listed on the application form in section A and C) who are involved with the business to prove their identity by



8. Public Safety

Provide a copy of your Risk Assessment relating to the premises.


9. Measures in place to reduce Crime and Disorder

Provide a copy of your Crime Prevention Strategy. This should outline how you will reduce crime and disorder relating to your premises.


10. Management/Staff Procedures

Provide a copy of your Operating Schedule. This document should outline how you intend to operate i.e. how staff and performers will complete their duties and management procedures etc.


11. Serving Application

All original documentation must be sent to


Licensing Unit

Medway Council

Gun Wharf

Dock Road

Gillingham

Kent ME4 4TR


Where the application has been made by post you must send a copy of the application (no later than 7 days of the application being made to the Licensing Unite) to:






Chief Officer of Police (Licensing Officer)

Kent Police

Medway Police Station

Purser Way

Gillingham

Kent ME7 1NE


Where the application has been made using electronic facility it will be the Licensing Unit responsibility to send a copy of your application to the Police.


12. Notices

Applications for New, Variations and Renewal must give public notice of the application by publishing an advertisement in a local newspaper that is circulated in the local authority area no later than 7 days after the date the application is made. Please enclose or forward as soon as possible an extract from a newspaper publishing the notice showing the date of publication.


A notice advertising the application must be displayed on the premises for a period of 21 days beginning with the date the application was made.



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