A lap dancing club in Altrincham town centre has applied for a new Sex Establishment Licence with its application set to be decided this week.

It follows the refusal of a plan to convert the Totties premises into apartments.

The new application for the building on The Causeway goes before Trafford’s public protection sub-committee on Thursday, April 18.

It has been lodged by Parisian Bistro Ltd, the company behind Totties.

The club had its licence renewed by Trafford Council in 2020, but it has remained closed since the pandemic and the death of its owner Roy Dodd, who died in that year.

Charlotte Street Estates Ltd, based in Manchester, applied for permission "in principle" to convert part of the ground and first floors from lap dancing and a retail unit into three apartments as well as the addition of another storey for a further four flats.

However, in January the plan was knocked back by Trafford’s planning department with officers saying the scheme would be "over-dominant, contrived and incongruous".

Jonathan of Parisian Bistro applied for the renewal of the sex establishment licence for Totties on February 28 with the previous licence expiring on March 13, although the permission continued after that date, pending consideration of a renewal application.

The new application is to operate the club Tuesday to Wednesday from 8pm to 2am and Thursday to Saturday from 8pm to 3am.

The council has received five objections to the application from members of the public.

One cites the prevention of crime and disorder, public safety, the prevention of public nuisance and the protection of children from harm as reasons.

They also said: “I would also like it to be knowns that I feel that the change of use to apartments would have been perfectly acceptable and indeed useful, considering the lack of housing.”

Another said: “Please don’t let this place reappear as a blot on our lovely Altrincham landscape.”

One objector said: “I beg you to reject an application to renew a sex licence. Altrincham Market has completely transformed the town. The council should be maintaining standards, not letting them slip again.

“Furthermore, this is ‘Great Britain in the 21st century for goodness sake. Surely British society has developed enough to realise it is wrong, outdated and completely abhorrent for women to be objectifying themselves for the sake of perverted and chauvinistic men.”