27 November,2012 10:51 AM IST | | ANI
The âkinky hotel', called Club Kiss, which is opened in a former NHS rehabilitation centre, is situated in a neighbourhood whereu00a0many residents are pensioners or young families, the Daily Mail reported.
Owner Martin Millar reinvented the property and installed two âsuperbly equipped dungeons' and a âkinky room.'
The building, named Milton House, also features five themed âplayrooms', a âUV room' and a âmirror room'.
But a planning committee at Southampton City Council unanimously refused an application for retrospective planning permissionu00a0after they received a petition signed by 1,000 locals and 150 letters of objections from neighbouring residents.
A planning application report said the change of use had the potential to âcause harm to the residential amenities and characteru00a0of the area.'
It recommended the hotel's operations âshould cease as soon as possible'.
Despite the ruling, ward councillor Warwick Payne admitted it could be months before the hotel is shut down as Millar said heu00a0plans to appeal.
"Naturally I am disappointed with the result of the hearing but it did not come as a big surprise to me. I fully intend to appealu00a0against the decision," the paper quoted Millar as stating.