A proposed sex shop has caused an angry response from some local businesses. Birmingham-based Adult World Ltd. has recently applied to open a store in the center of the city, on the site of a local fabric store.
City Council received a number of letters objecting to the shop being located in what protesters feel is an "inappropriate" area.
The issue came to a head as directors from Adult World Ltd. and people campaigning against the shop attended a licensing meeting at the Council House to give their arguments.
Staff at the nearby Probation Unit and Refugee Centre told icCoventry the shop will upset their vulnerable clients and will attract what they called “unsavory people” to the area.
Adult World attorney Kareem Baig told the report that the shop is discreet and will have a positive economic effect on the area.
"No offence is being caused or will be caused by the granting of the license,” Baig said.
"The decor design and public image is tasteful, decent and in accordance with the business."
The committee failed to reach a decision, but is expected to reach one by the end of the week.
