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Tuesday, 7 January, 2003, 09:34 GMT
Town says no to lap dancing club
Councillors voted to keep lap dancing out
Council officials in Halifax have turned down an application to open a new lap dancing club in the town centre.
Calderdale councillors rejected plans put forward by a local businessman to open a La Salsa venue on Silver Street in the town centre. A similar club has been in trading successfully in neighbouring Huddersfield for the past year. But councillor Colin Stout, who voted against the scheme, insists he is proud Halifax has bucked the local trend. Town image "We don't always have to go along with the latest crazes and fads," he said. "We have to look at every application on its own merits and not just rubber stamp things and give the thumbs up to everything that comes along." Mr Stout said he believed the image of the town would suffer had the club been allowed to open in the town. "When the fad dies out you end up with the seedy end of the market and the wrong people frequenting these establishments," he said.
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