A SEX shop could be opened by a business woman whose plans for a similar establishment caused outrage.
Deborah Flack’s application to open a sex shop in Border’s Lane, Debden, provoked 60 letters of objection to the council and a 250-signature petition before it was thrown out in March.
She now wants to open a shop at the Seedbed business park in Langston Road, close to where Alan Sugar’s property company Amsprop is based.
Sex shop objector and mother-of-four Maria Higgs, 44, said: “It’s definitely a more appropriate area to have it.
“I would rather not have it at all, anywhere, but Border’s Lane was not right.
“We did say as part of our argument why didn’t they put it somewhere like (Langston Road).”
Ian King, a pastor at the Restore Community Church, which has recently moved to Torrington Drive from the Seedbed centre, said: “It’s away from schools. I think it’s a more appropriate place.
“I would still maintain that it’s not a positive development for the community, even if it’s not in the neighbourhood.”
Comments on the latest application can be sent to the district council’s Corporate Services department at its offices in Epping High Street before June 13.
The Guardian has tried to contact Ms Flack.
Comments
There are no places for this vile trade in my eyes.
There are no places for this vile trade in my eyes.
Anyone who doesn't want to patronise any of these shops doesn't have to. There's no big deal, sex shops are clearly marked as such and this one isn't going to be anywhere near a school. Am sure it is not the end of the world as we know it!
Anyone who doesn't want to patronise any of these shops doesn't have to. There's no big deal, sex shops are clearly marked as such and this one isn't going to be anywhere near a school. Am sure it is not the end of the world as we know it!
well said above, its a sex shop not a brothel
well said above, its a sex shop not a brothel
I thought a brothel was a soup kitchen until I discovered Smirnoff.
I thought a brothel was a soup kitchen until I discovered Smirnoff.
Good Luck to you Ms Flack, it is about time we had this type of business in the area.
Good Luck to you Ms Flack, it is about time we had this type of business in the area.
Disgusting!
I think it's time that someone looked in to all this filth ... before my dad does.
Disgusting!
I think it's time that someone looked in to all this filth ... before my dad does.
Everhard's Daughter wrote…
Disgusting!
I think it's time that someone looked in to all this filth ... before my dad does.
Is it really you? Slack Alice.
Everhard's Daughter wrote…
Disgusting!
I think it's time that someone looked in to all this filth ... before my dad does.
Is it really you? Slack Alice.
Really? Do these people have nothing better to do with their lives.
Sex is a natural thing.
If a child can walk into McColl's and open The Sun to page 3 then why can't a businesswomen open a shop, distant from children?
It's not going to have pornographic images plastered across the shop window and obviously children aren't going to wander in there with permission from the owner.
Please, divert your attention to a real problem and prioritise your worries.
Really? Do these people have nothing better to do with their lives.
Sex is a natural thing.
If a child can walk into McColl's and open The Sun to page 3 then why can't a businesswomen open a shop, distant from children?
It's not going to have pornographic images plastered across the shop window and obviously children aren't going to wander in there with permission from the owner.
Please, divert your attention to a real problem and prioritise your worries.
liberalminded wrote…
Really? Do these people have nothing better to do with their lives.
Sex is a natural thing.
If a child can walk into McColl's and open The Sun to page 3 then why can't a businesswomen open a shop, distant from children?
It's not going to have pornographic images plastered across the shop window and obviously children aren't going to wander in there with permission from the owner.
Please, divert your attention to a real problem and prioritise your worries.
Hear,Hear,well said!The more the merrier that is what i say!
liberalminded wrote…
Really? Do these people have nothing better to do with their lives.
Sex is a natural thing.
If a child can walk into McColl's and open The Sun to page 3 then why can't a businesswomen open a shop, distant from children?
It's not going to have pornographic images plastered across the shop window and obviously children aren't going to wander in there with permission from the owner.
Please, divert your attention to a real problem and prioritise your worries.
Hear,Hear,well said!The more the merrier that is what i say!