THE owner of a hotel has pledged to close it down in the face of what he described as 'concerted action' by the police, district council and fire service. 'I'm at the end of the line,' said John Lundon, the owner of the Lord Eliot in Liskeard. 'I'm going to close it down, put up the shutters and Liskeard will have a new Webb's Hotel on its hands,' he added, referring to the long-derelict but now restored building on the Parade. The premises licence for the Lord Eliot in Castle Street has finally been revoked by Caradon District Council's Licensing Sub-Committee. The revoking of the licence had been put on hold pending the outcome of an appeal by Mr Lundon against a decision taken nearly eight months ago.  The appeal, due to be heard in January, has been withdrawn, prompting the immediate activation of the licence revocation. A planning application for the demolition of the Lord Eliot and its replacement with 35 residential units, submitted by would-be purchasers Wombwell Homes, was recently withdrawn shortly before it was due to be considered by Caradon's planning committee. The redevelopment had been recommended for refusal by planning officials and a spokesman for Wombwell's agents said fresh plans would be drawn up and submitted in respect of the site, addressing the council's concerns. Mr Lundon said he was not prepared to fight the council and the police on the basis of the evidence they proposed to call at the appeal hearing and the rising costs of the legal action. He said that the hotel had just undergone a fire safety inspection, as a result tens of thousands of pounds of work is required. 'In May, I transferred the licence to someone else but now the council won't allow her to lease the property and run it,' he said. 'We had 350 bookings in the restuarant over Christmas but they are all cancelling because they can't have a drink.' The loss of Lord Eliot's premises licence means that no alcohol can be sold at the hotel or the adjoining Hot Wok restaurant. Similarly, no regulated entertainment such as live music can take place at the premises and no hot food or drink can be sold between 11pm and 5am. A spokesman for Caradon said that the premises licence had originally been reviewed in April at the request of the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary after repeated breaches of all four of the Licensing Act 2003's objectives of prevention of crime and disorder, public safety, prevention of public nuisance and the protection of children from harm. Cllr John Crago, chair of the council's licensing committee, said: 'This was a very serious case involving numerous breaches and a total disregard for the Licensing Act 2003 and the premises licence conditions. In the circumstances, the only appropriate course of action was to revoke the Lord Eliot's premises licence.' Police Inspector John Turner also welcomed the licence revocation.