A strip club boss has launched a "yes to lap dancing" petition - after a "no to lap dancing" petition gained 200 signatures.

Aaron Stone launched the online petition days before his bid to run a second strip club in Rochester High Street is decided.

The campaign says it is just freedom of choice - adding: "It is time to speak up! In many instances in local government the lobbying minority influence decision makers and the majority remain silent.

"It's your choice if you want to attend hen party shows or lap dancing as long as events are lawfully regulated.

"If it's not your thing, then it's your choice not to visit venues of this nature, but do support the choice of those who wish to do so please."

The "yes" petition has already gained more than 90 signatures.

The Tenshi club, which shares its name with Mr Stone's other strip club already running at the Casino Rooms nightclub, would open in what is currently Rochester's indoor market.

More than 200 residents, protested saying it is wrong for the historic High Street.

Details of the proposed club can be revealed for the first time. It would have two entrances (in Rochester High Street and Corporation Street), two bars, a stage, a VIP area and seven “private dancing” booths each with CCTV and a panic button.

The general manager would be Casino Rooms boss Aaron Stone and it would run from Wednesday to Saturday until 3am.

Dancers and punters would be subject to a lengthy code of conduct including banning photography, under-18s, prostitution and drugs.

And dancers would have their own toilets and be kept separate from punters when not performing.

Some objectors have questioned whether the club will even be built. It is bidding to take the second of Rochester’s two sexual entertainment licences, relinquished by the previous holder Charlotte’s Bar.

If it wins the licence, no one else will be able to apply for one – granting Mr Stone a monopoly.

City of Rochester Society chairman John Allison said: “A large number of [our] membership have expressed their alarm.”

Historic Rochester Residents’ Association chairman Philip Ruby added: “Rochester High Street has witnessed the growth of a culture of bars serving cheap alcohol, resulting in anti-social behaviour and noise pollution.”

And resident of 33 years Wesley Aiken said: “The sexual business will be aggressively marketed thus bringing it even more to the general public’s attention.”

A panel of councillors will decide on Wednesday.