Swingers club near Boston on the market for £1.1m as owners 'consider their options'
A swingers club near Boston is on the market for £1.1m as its owners ‘consider their options’.
Chunkymuffins, in Frampton, is described as a ‘unique detached three-bedroom cottage, with commercial outbuildings, offices, garages and versatile entertainment facilities’, by estate agents William H. Brown.
The venue is run by husband-and-wife team Neil and Michelle Wright. Its name comes from terms of affection they have for each other – ‘Chunk’ (Neil) and ‘Muffin’ (Michelle).
Earlier this year, the couple invited The Standard to visit the establishment after they were granted a sexual entertainment venue licence for the site.
The application had prompted concern from some quarters, but the couple moved to reassure the public.
They explained the purpose of the licence was not to introduce the likes of pole dancing, lap dancing, striptease and live sex shows at the venue in a commercial sense; rather, it related to activities that could take place between consenting customers and be interpreted as pole dancing, lap dancing, et cetera.
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Asked about the sale, Michelle told The Standard they were ‘considering their options’.
On Tuesday (July, July 28), an application from Chunkymuffins went before Boston Borough Council’s planning committee.
The venue had applied to the council for permission to change the use of part of a warehouse/storage building to ‘adult entertainment and drinking establishment’, including outdoor areas.
However, Michelle told The Standard that the application did not represent an expansion of the club, as these areas already formed part of its operation.
“We were under the impression we had got the relevant permissions, but that wasn’t the case so we had to go for the planning application.”
“Nothing has changed, at all,” she said, describing the process as ‘just ticking boxes, really’.
According to the Local Democracy Reporter Service, several Boston Borough councillors expressed their distaste for adult entertainment venues, but said there was no planning reason to oppose the application.
Conditions placed on the club mean loud music must stop at 10pm, and all outdoor activities cease at 11pm.
The application was approved unanimously by the committee.
Coun Stephen Woodliffe said: “We have to make decisions based on evidence and planning
“Even though I’m morally opposed to this, there’s nothing in planning law that says we can oppose this.”