Pole Dancer will win the planning struggle to keep the dance studio with her £ 700,000 bungalow despite the complaints of angry neighbors about ‘Grunting and Loud Noise’

A pole dancer is on schedule to win the planning struggle to hold a dance studio in her chic £ 700,000 bungalow, despite the complaints of the local population about ‘growling and loud music’.

Samilou Saunders has fought against ‘Generational Bias’ van Buren in the city that are against her company.

She has operated the studio over the past two years from her bungalow in Christchurch, Dorset, but it was confronted with the threat of closure after neighbors complained.

They argued that the studio had a ‘devastating’ impact on their lives, pointing to loud music during lessons and parking problems.

And they were supported by the local councilor Margaret Phipps, who considered the company ‘inappropriate’ for a residential area.

But Mrs. Saunders, whose clientele, accountants, veterinarians, nurses and school teachers include, believes that the opposition comes more from discomfort with a pole dance studio in the area than real worries.

Mrs. Saunders had to submit a retrospective planning application in January in an attempt to continue running the studio.

And now the planning of officers in Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole (BCP) Council has recommended that it will be approved.

In his report, planning officer Peter Walters recommends introducing conditions to curb sound disorders and to limit opening times in an attempt to tackle the complaints.

Mrs. Saunders said she felt a sense of relief, but admitted that the dispute tense her relationship with her neighbors.

She said: ‘This has been going on for almost two years now. It has been a lot of stress and I was really about it.

“Some things that neighbors said were pretty terrible and shocking. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I am happy that the planning officer has gone through the lies about music and noise.

‘If I really thought I would cause a problem, I would have gone to my neighbors and said what I can do to find this out?

‘I don’t feel that I can wave more and smile at people, I feel intimidated. They (objectioners) will stand and stare at me when I leave the house.

‘I am very happy with the report, I feel really positive about the outcome.

“I hope that if it’s all over, we can just continue, but I don’t feel like I’m still there.”

The mother’s 40-Liks previously led a studio in Bournemouth, but moved the company to her house during the COVID Pandemie, continuous activities there because of the continuous costs of living.

She is the only employee and usually works around 20 hours a week, with small classes of up to eight people, spread over all seven days.

Her planning application mentions the hours of the studio as from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. from Monday to Friday and during the weekend from 9 a.m. to 12 a.m.

The timetable on its website shows only one or two classes a day during the week, usually around 10 a.m. and again at 6 p.m.

She stated that the studio is equipped with air conditioning, which means that windows and doors remain closed during sessions, and that music from outside is not audible. She also noticed that music is not played during the lessons themselves.

Nevertheless, Buren insists that the company ruined their pleasure of their houses and the surrounding area.

Alan Foerage, 83, a retired scientist who lives next door, said: ‘We (the residents) are all fairly old and at our age we just want peace and silence in a beautiful area, a quiet life.

“In the summer, when windows are open, you hear growling and loud music and chat when the pole dancing lessons are engaged.”

Neighbor John Thompson wrote: ‘We, the residents, have earned this intrusion in a completely quiet residential area with a devastating effect on our facility.

‘We are the people who have experienced the significant disruption of the noise of pole dance music and the effect of parking, not only on the road, but also on our grass that we regularly maintain.

“This application must be rejected and the building will be reduced in line with the original planning approval, namely the construction of an enlarged replacement garage, no unauthorized pole dancing company in the heart of a quiet residential area.”

Dorothy and Michael English wrote: ‘We believe that our house is no longer so pleasant. We can no longer free the garden. Our mental health and well -being are influenced. ‘

The BCP planning committee will vote on the issue during a meeting next week.

Mrs. Saunders said: ‘I am still a bit sharp for the meeting.

“I was told that the council members should have a good reason to refuse it and to go against the officer’s recommendation.”