September 21, 2009 - “Crouch End” sounds like a good place for a lap dance.
A LICENSING hearing into a controversial application for a lap dancing club in Crouch End will start again next week.
The bid by Music Palace to get a licence for lap dancing, strip shows and table dancing had to be adjourned last week.
A date has now been set for Friday, September 25, to continue with the hearing, when the applicant is expected to set out her case.
The application has been fiercely contested by Crouch End residents, some of whom have formed protest group Lap Off! to argue that a strip club will have detrimental effect on the area.
They set out their case at last week’s meeting, arguing the strip club would led to a rise in disorder and drunkenness on the streets and would put children from nearby schools at risk.
Their opposition was backed by Lynne Featherstone, MP for Wood Green and Hornsey, who turned up in person to oppose the application.
