The plans have outraged local Councillor Vanessa Graham who said they were "totally inappropriate" for Wandsworth town.

"This isn't the sort of thing we need in Wandsworth town centre. It will undermine all the work the council and the community has being doing over the past 10 years to regenerate the area."

Agora Entertainment has applied for permission to turn the upper floors of Wandsworth Theatre in to a Lap Dancing Club. In addition to adult entertainment they have applied to the Council for extended drinking licence with which they could serve alcohol from 11am until 2am on Mondays and Tuesdays and between 11am and 3am for the remainder of the week.

Cllr Graham continued:
"A huge amount of money, £150million, has been spent so far and we have a development vision. We don't want things to appear that are going to reverse this trend."

Cllr Graham believes that the club would affect businesses and residents and lower the tone of an area which is home to many families.

"We've had a problem with the venue in the past, with lots of noise, taxis drawing up late at night and drug dealers operating, and we don't want that to happen again. All of our decisions are based on reaching a balanced conclusion for the community and this is not ideal."