A LAP dancing club in Eastbourne has been shut down.

Bailiffs entered Indigo Redd in Seaside Road early on Tuesday with police officers and a man was arrested but later released without charge.

The premises were boarded up and a notice of forfeiture plastered on the entrances warning people that landlord Hurst Springs Holdings Limited had taken possession of the building.

The notice addressed to Paul David Jones and Liza-Jane Jones informed them that their lease dated June 10, 2008 was forfeited.

Hours after the closure, Eastbourne Borough Council's licensing sub-committee reconvened to hear the second stage of a hearing of an application by Indigo Redd to open 24 hours a day seven days a week.

The sub-committee members heard evidence from the council's noise team, the planning department and Sussex Police as well as residents regarding the issues of crime, disorder, noise and nuisance.

A council spokesman said, "In reaching its decision to refuse the application, the sub-committee did not consider that the applicant had provided sufficiently compelling evidence to rebut the presumption against the granting of the application arising from the council's cumulative impact policy relating to the area in which the premises is situated.

"The application was refused on the grounds that an extension of hours would undermine the licensing objectives relating to crime and disorder and the prevention of nuisance.

"The sub-committee refused the application, having heard insufficient evidence to depart from its cumulative impact policy.

"It also recognised the challenges faced by Sussex Police, businesses and residents in the vicinity of Seaside Road in relation to crime, disorder, noise and nuisance and sought to balance the different needs of the leisure industry and the need to protect local businesses, residents and visitors to the town."