Yahoo News Proposed strip club 'too close to Richard III's grave' says Leicester councillor
Plans to open a new strip club have met with opposition due to the proposed site’s proximity to Richard III’s tomb.
Jagdeep Narll has applied to the city council to open the venue in Millstone Lane, Leicester, despite claims it would be a “particularly unsuitable location”.
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Labour councillor Patrick Kitterick, representing the Castle ward, has lodged objections to the application due to a combination of factors.
He said: “There are an increasing number of residents in the area, it’s not a deserted area of town any more and there are a number of nurseries in the area.
“You are only a few hundred metres from the resting place of a former King of England.
“A number of residents in the area have contacted me to make the objection – it just shouldn’t be in an area of family nurseries.”
The matter was due to be considered again on December 19 by the licensing committee but the meeting has been postponed.
Richard III was King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth Field. His remains are buried at Leicester Cathedral.
