A WELL-KNOWN hotelier has allayed fears that he plans to close Maldon's famous Blue Boar Hotel.Concerned residents had noted that the grade two listed building had been boarded up over the past week, sparking worries that it had been set to close down after a recent dispute between owner John Wilsdon and Maldon District Council's planning team.At the start of this month, Mr Wilsdon was fined in excess of £5,000 by Chelmsford Magistrates' Court over a planning breach at another of his...
