15 Queen Street, Magherafelt, BT45 6AA - grant of a lience

LICENSING (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1996

(ARTICLES 2, 5 (1) (a), 7, 9 and SCHEDULE 1)

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF
LICENCE FOR PREMISES IN WHICH THE BUSINESS CARRIED
ON UNDER THE LICENCE IS THE BUSINESS OF SELLING INTOXICATING LIQUOR BY RETAIL FOR CONSUMPTION
EITHER IN OR OFF THE PREMISES

IN THE COUNTY COURT OF NORTHERN IRELAND
FOR THE WESTERN ADMINISTRATIVE COURT DIVISION

TAKE NOTICE that I RAMBO WING SHUN LEE of 15 Queen Street, Magherafelt, BT45 6AA intend to apply to the County Court sitting at Courthouse, Bishop Street, Londonderry, BT48 6PY for the above Division commencing at 10.30 o’clock in the forenoon on the 27th day of February 2025 for the grant of a licence for the premises situated at 15 Queen Street, Magherafelt, BT45 6AA being such premises as are specified in Article 5 (1)(a) of the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, namely premises in which we intend to carry on the business of selling intoxicating liquor for consumption either in or off the premises.

AND TAKE NOTICE that this application will be dealt with by the Court on the 3rd day of March 2025 commencing at 10.30 o’clock in the forenoon.

I will be the owner of such business

The owner of the premises is Henry and Teresa McGlone (Dorman’s Bar) Ltd whose registered office is at 52 Desertmartin Road, Magherafelt, Co Londonderry, BT45 5HE

In accordance with Schedule 1 to the said Order and Rule 6 of Order 48 of the County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981 we attach to this Notice a plan of the premises delineating the part or parts thereof in which intoxicating liquor is to be sold.

There is in force planning permission to use the premises as premises of the kind specified in this notice for the period during which the licence would be in force.


A subsisting licence as defined in Schedule 2 to the said Order for the premises such as are specified in Article 5 (1) (a) situated at 26-28 Queen Street, Magherafelt, Co Londonderry will be surrendered to the Court.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that any person owning or residing or carrying on business in the vicinity of the premises for which the Licence is sought who intends to object to the grant of the Licence must in accordance with paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Licensing Order of 1996 serve notice of his intention to object upon the applicant and the Chief Clerk not less than one week before the 27th day of February 2025 being the time of the opening of the Court sitting specified in this Notice.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that the permissible grounds of objection are such as are specified in Article 7 (4) (a) to (e) (i) of the said Order of 1996 namely:-

(a) The procedure relating to the Application set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the said Order of 1996 has not been complied with

(b) That the Applicant is not a fit person to hold a Licence

(c) That the premises are not or will not be of the kind specified in the Application

(d) That the premises are not suitable to be licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor by retail or

(e) (i) That the number of licensed premises of the kind specified in the Application which are in the vicinity of the premises or the proposed premises for which the grant of licence is sought is or will be adequate


Dated this 5th day of February 2025

McKEES
Solicitors for the Applicant
The Linenhall
32-38 Linenhall Street
BELFAST
BT2 8BG
TO: The Chief Clerk
The Courthouse
Bishop Street
Londonderry
BT48 6PY

Copy to:

(i) the Clerk of Petty Sessions for the Northern Administrative Court Division at the Courthouse, 1 Hospital Road, Magherafelt, BT45 5DH (being the Petty Sessions district in which the premises are situated);
(ii) the DCU Commander at Mid Ulster DCU, PSNI Station, 49 Meeting Street, Magherafelt, BT45 6BW (district command unit headquarters for the Police district command unit in which the premises are situated);
(iii) the DCU Commander at Mid Ulster DCU, PSNI Station, 19 Molesworth Road, Cookstown, Co Trone, BT80 8NT
(district command unit headquarters for the Police district command unit in which the applicant resides);
(iv) Mid Ulster District Council Mid Ulster District Council, Magherafelt office, 45 Ballyronan Road, Magherafelt, BT45 6EN (district council for the district in which the premises are situated)