Sex shops and sex entertainment licences

You must have a licence to run a shop selling sex articles, sex cinema, or premises providing sexual entertainment such as lap dancing and pole dancing. 

The current fee for an application for a new sex establishment licence is £7,547.  There are currently no sex establishments in Redbridge.  

If you are applying for a new sex establishment licence you must advertise your application by placing a poster on the premises and advertising in a local newspaper.

We aim to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation at all times. To see how we handle personal information, please ensure that you have read our privacy notice. 

On receipt of an application, you will be sent a notice to be displayed at the proposed premises, in a place where it can easily be seen and read by persons in the street or adjoining public place, for a period of 28 days. If the notice is severely defaced, damaged or missing, a new notice will be required to be displayed for a further 28 days.

A declaration confirming display of the notice must be completed and returned to us.

Within 7 days of applying for a licence, a notice advertising your application must be published in a local newspaper in the style provided by us. You must send us a copy within 14 days of your application.

Contact us at licensing.authority@redbridge.gov.uk