SECRECY surrounds the future of a lapdancing club.

Brighton and Hove City Council’s licensing committee will meet on Tuesday to discuss the Pussycat Club.

The club is owned by an investment company which was run by Kenneth McGrath, 61, and Kristopher McGrath, 29.

Kenneth McGrath was jailed two weeks ago for paying a 17-year-old for sex on his yacht in Majorca. He is not currently a director of the firm.

However a 59-page council document has been published with only an agenda, a seating plan and then 56 blank pages because the matter has been “reserved” for private discussion.

The Argus understands the licence was up for review and, given the connections between the disgraced Kenneth McGrath and the club, a request has been made to remove him from any connection with the premises on the grounds that he is not a fit and proper person to hold such a licence.

The council has since informed The Argus that some matters may become public.

The report itself, and the council’s sex licensing policy which form part of the redacted documents, will be released as public.

Other documents including the licence and the renewal application may be kept secret because they contain private address information about the individuals concerned.

Councillors who sit on the committee may vote and decide to hold the hearing in private if there will be sensitive information to be disclosed but that decision will be made on the day.

A notice currently displayed on the building informs passersby that Saltire Investments Ltd has applied for a licence to use the property as a “sexual entertainment venue.”

Kenneth McGrath, of St Martin’s Place, Brighton, was convicted on November 10 of paying for the sexual services and sentenced to three years in jail.

Kristopher McGrath did not respond to The Argus’s attempts to contact him.