{"id":1301,"date":"2011-09-16T13:56:44","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T12:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=1301"},"modified":"2025-10-07T11:40:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T10:40:31","slug":"truro-sex-shop-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/truro-sex-shop-approved\/","title":{"rendered":"Truro Sex Shop Approved"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite the best efforts of local campaigners, Christian Voice and the Christian Institute, whose representative spoke at the hearing last week, Councillors in Cornwall approved the ‘Mrs Palm’ sex-shop in Little Castle Street, Truro.\u00a0 See previous Christian Voice story<\/a>.\u00a0 BBC report HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thirty Christian campaigners, who included Christian Voice members and the Cornwall Community Standards Association, attended the hearing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In April the High Court allowed a judicial review of Cornwall Council’s decision to grant the initial licence.<\/p>\n

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The sex-shop is next-door to a school outfitters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Christian Institute, acting for Truro resident and former County Councillor Mrs Armorel Carlyon claimed that Cornwall Council disregarded relevant material relating to the suitability of the location, next-door to school outfitters Trevails, who organised a petition.<\/p>\n

At the time the shop was already stocked and trading.<\/p>\n

The owners of the shop immediately applied for a ‘waiver’ to trade without a licence in the interim which was granted by the council’s miscellaneous licensing committee.\u00a0 The Christian Institute challenged that decision but failed to have it overturned.<\/p>\n

At the new hearing on Wednesday 7th September, the licence was again approved by councillors\u00a0 by a vote of 5 to 2.\u00a0 Five Councillors, including the two women on the committee, Cllr Lisa Dolley (Vice-Chairman; Independent) and Cllr Liz Penhaligon (Conservative) failed to attend or vote.\u00a0 The second licence allows the owner to sell co-called ‘adult’ DVDs.<\/p>\n

We understand that Christian campaigners have vowed to fight on and are seeking the Lord for the next step.<\/p>\n

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Despite the best efforts of local campaigners, Christian Voice and the Christian Institute, whose representative spoke at the hearing last week, Councillors in Cornwall approved the ‘Mrs Palm’ sex-shop in Little Castle Street, Truro.\u00a0 See previous Christian Voice story.\u00a0 BBC report HERE. Thirty Christian campaigners, who included Christian Voice members and the Cornwall Community Standards […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5444],"tags":[15,127,125,126],"class_list":["post-1301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brutal-britain","tag-christian-voice","tag-mrs-palm","tag-sex-shop","tag-truro"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t