A FORMER Royal British Legion social club could be turned into a strip club on the Isle of Wight.
Proposals have been lodges with island planners to open a new Club Phoenix in the old premises of the Royal British Legion in Orchard Street, Newport.
The application has already been given the go ahead by the parish council licensing committee and now Isle of Wight Council's licensing committee are set to decide it the club, situated opposite Nodehill Middle School and a youth club, can open.
Plans for the club include fully nude dancers, striptease, pole dancing, burlesque dancers, drag and comedy acts, and live music. With the club operating from 8pm to 2am everyday.
The application for the old social club, which closed in June, has sparked outrage across the island as communities prepare to mark Remembrance Sunday.
Newport Royal British Legion president Ray Flux said: "I am shocked by the proposal and at the location."
Nodehill Middle School headteacher David Morris said he would object the plans which are up for decision on November 19.
"I am gobsmacked and appalled by this. I cannot think of a more inappropriate place to have this kind of club," he said.
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