A HOTEL’S licence is being reviewed after officers raised concerns it is becoming a ‘child sexual exploitation hotspot’.

Bosses at Baylis House Hotel, in Stoke Poges Lane, Slough, will appear before Slough Borough Council’s licensing sub-committee on Tuesday, after an incident feared to be child sexual exploitation (CSE) on July 28.

A dossier compiled by licensing officers states a 15-year-old girl, who was assessed as vulnerable to exploitation, was reported missing on July 28 and police were told she was sighted at the Grade I listed hotel the previous day.

It states that when officers arrived, she was not at the hotel, but officers were shown a room by hotel staff where they found five young men who were removed from the premises after the room was found in ‘a poor state’.

A review of CCTV footage from the previous night showed a young woman with a young Asian male, believed to be from the group ejected from the hotel, entering the premises by a side or back door, according to the report.

The same woman is later seen in the bar area with two young males, believed to be part of the same group.

However, police have not been able to identify the age of the woman and inquiries are ongoing.

A document attached to the agenda for next Tuesday’s meeting states that on August 10 a police sergeant and a police constable expressed concerns about Baylis House in regards to the incident on July 28.

It says: “Whilst there both PS Stanley and PC Moore were able to voice their concerns about the hotel becoming a CSE hotspot especially as there have been previous concerns.” Another incident which allegedly took place on January 22 is also cited in the report, although police have been unable to confirm this.

Debie Pearmain, police licensing officer, said the review is seeking to place 24 conditions on its licence, not revoke it.

“It is to make sure that incidents like this does not happen,” she said. “These CSE incidents seem to be happening more nowadays, and it seems to be highlighted more.

“We need to be working together with the licensed premises to put certain conditions in place, and if everyone does their bit to get tighter conditions, then it makes the risk of this happening lower.” She said the hotel is unhappy about a condition on the verification of people making bookings, which requires a copy of their identification to be kept on file for six months.

Baylis House refused to comment on the review.

However, a statement in the report from Sandeep Shetty, the hotel’s designated premises supervisor (DPS), states the proposed licence condition relating to verification of identity ‘goes too far’ and would have a ‘detrimental impact’ on the business.

Mr Shetty is due to face questioning from councillors and licensing officers at the meeting at The Centre, in Farnham Road, starting at 10am.

Police confirmed that they are investigating the incident on July 28, but no arrests had been made.