Sex Establishment Licensing

Apply for a sex establishment licence.

• Sex Establishment Licensing Policy 2019

These can include venues such as sex shops and sex cinemas and offer entertainment commonly described as:

• Lap dancing
• Pole dancing
• Table dancing
• Strip shows
• Peep shows
• Live sex shows

Please note: Sexual entertainment can still take place without a premises licence if it occurs on no more than eleven occasions in a year - with at least one month's 'other' entertainment in between.

Fees

• New application: £4431
• Application renewal: £3567

Please read Mid Sussex District Council sex establishment venues statement of policy before applying.

Print out and complete the forms below. Cheques are payable to ‘Mid Sussex District Council’.

• Sex establishment licence application printed form
• Disclosure of convictions printed form
• Photograph declaration printed form

Licensing
Tel: 01444-477419
Email: licensing@midsussex.gov.uk