A controversial lap-dancing club will open its doors for the first time to the public tomorrow night following a scarcely attended consultation with residents.

Vogue, in The Parade, has been billed as Hertfordshire's “most exclusive gentlemen's club” and officially opens for business on Friday.

The club is yet to receive a permanent licence but held a consultation with concerned residents last week.

Despite receiving widespread opposition, only two residents turned up to a meeting organised by the premises’ owner Neil Campbell on Thursday evening.

Speaking to the Watford Observer, the owner of the club, Mr Campbell, said: “The evening was a success, despite only two people turning out.

“Once I had explained exactly what Vogue was all about and how it is going to operate those who attended were more than satisfied with it.

“This is not going to be some seedy strip joint. It’s a trendy bar.”

He added: “I’m a little disappointed as I wish all those who have allegedly been kicking off about it had attended. If they feel so strongly about it why did they not turn up?

“I want the town to understand what we are trying to do here. We’re not trying to upset anyone.”

However, a church leader in Watford has said he remains concerned about strip clubs and the affect they will have on society.

Writing for the Watford Observer, Reverend Tim Roberts, from Watford Community Church, said he was worried about the erosion of “sexual dignity” in society.

In his on-line blog, Reverend Roberts wrote: “Most gentlemen I know love their wives or partners with an honest devotion and the last thing they would think of doing of an evening would be to go out on the town with their mates and sit watching a stranger undress on a table in front of them.

“Call me old-fashioned but a gentleman should be at home making love not out watching sex.

“I’d suggest that we want Watford to be a place where relationships like marriage are strengthened and not eroded, a town where boys and girls grow up as mature gentlemen and ladies who know the difference between a ‘good night out’ and a ‘great life together’.”

“Maybe our insatiable desire for instant pleasure and cheap, ‘uncomplicated’ thrills has sold us short from discovering the richness of sex as God created it to be – making love for a lifetime?“

To read Reverend Roberts' full blog please click on the related link.