Lap-dancing has been banned from Oxford's only nightspot hitherto allowed to stage it.

Last November, Oxford City Council's licensing committee granted permission for table-dancing and pole dancing at the Baby bar in Cowley Road, despite a 500-name petition and 75 letters of complaint from neighbours. On July 1, owner Martin Forde applied to the licensing panel for a variation to extend the dance sessions from Sunday nights to Sunday and Wednesday nights.

But Labour councillors ruled that the club had breached a number of conditions in its public entertainment licence and permission for lap-dancing was totally withdrawn.

Mr Forde said: "I am shocked and disappointed."

Mohammed Abbasi, city councillor for St Mary's ward, said: "This is great news for the residents of east Oxford. It is a great relief for all the residents who were disappointed by the previous decision to allow this kind of entertainment in a residential area."

Breaches discovered included failing to label videotaped records of performances and allowing dancers to dance within the one-metre distance limit between customers.

When environmental health officers visited in December, topless pole dancers were dancing for standing customers when they are allowed to dance only for seated customers.

Other problems included obstructed fire exit routes and no signs on toilet doors, but Mr Forde told the panel these had been rectified.

Labour councillors Ed Turner and Rick Muir voted against the renewal and variation of the licence, but Liberal Democrat councillor Tony Brett said the club should be allowed to continue to run sessions on Sundays.

Chairman of the panel Mr Turner said: "The club failed to make sure the show was run properly and has paid the penalty as a result. This sends out a signal that this sort of thing has to be run properly."

After the meeting, Mr Forde said he would be appealing to magistrates within 21 days and lap-dancing would continue until the court hearing, which could be months away.

Mr Forde added: "The breaches were not significant and we will continue to run lap-dancing right up until the court case."

Mr Forde said officers carried out a second inspection in March this year. By this time, he said, all the breaches had been rectified.

Liberal Democrat councillor Tony Brett said it was "too hasty" to remove permission for lap-dancing just six months after it had been granted.

He added: "Mr Forde has not been in flagrant breach of the conditions and I think there should have been more give and take."