A lapdance club wants to be allowed to let blind guests touch its dancers.

Pussycats in Hove came up with the idea after two blind men went there with friends on a stag night.

Both men, in their early thirties, were given a number of table-side dances which they said they enjoyed.

But when they asked if they could touch the girls to get a better impression of what they looked like, bosses had to say no.

The club's licence strictly prevents contact between dancers and guests, apart from placing notes into the dancer's garter.

Pussycats director Kenneth McGrath has now written to Brighton and Hove Council asking for the "no touching" rule to be set aside in special circumstances.

He said: "Both men said they very much enjoyed the dances and sensed highly the proximity of the dancers, and in particular enjoyed the smell of feminine perfume.

"They asked some dancers politely if there were any circumstances in which they could touch and the dancers politely refused them.

"They pursued their request with me, their point being that, given their disability, controlled touching ought to be permitted for registered blind persons only and with the consent of the dancer."

Mr McGrath later asked the 15 dancers at the club if they would object to being touched in such circumstances. Eleven said they would not.

He added: "They said that touching should be voluntary and restricted to the breasts and only when the dancer is wearing a bra and not topless.

"The dancer would retain full control, taking one hand of the blind customer and placing it on her breasts while dancing for an agreed time."

A Brighton and Hove Council spokeswoman said: "We would be obliged to consider any application for a variance of the licence once we received it."