DIM SUM LIBRARY LIMITED - application for grant of a licence

LICENSING (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1996

(Articles 2, 5(1)(b), 7, 9 and Schedule 1)

Notice of application for provisional grant of licence authorising the sale of intoxicating liquor

by retail in a restaurant



IN THE RECORDER’S COURT

FOR THE DIVISION OF BELFAST

TAKE NOTICE that DIM SUM LIBRARY LIMITED intends to apply to the Recorder’s Court sitting at Laganside Courts, 45 Oxford Street, Belfast, BT1 3LL, commencing at 10.30 in the forenoon on the 8th day of September 2025 for the above Division for the provisional grant of a licence for the premises situated at Unit 6 Saint Anne’s Square Belfast, being restaurant premises such as are specified in Article 2 of the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, namely, premises, not being premises of a kind mentioned in Article 5(1)(a) in which there is carried on the business of selling meals or refreshments, which are to be structurally adapted and intended to be used for the purpose of providing persons frequenting the premises with a main table meal at midday or in the evening, or both.



AND TAKE NOTICE that this application will be dealt with by the court on either the 10th or 11th September 2025 commencing at 10.30 in the forenoon.



Dim Sum Library Limited will be the owner of such business.

Dim Sum Library Limited is a limited liability company registered in Northern Ireland of which the sole director is Eddie Shui-Yam Fung.

There are no other persons having executive control of the Applicant Company within the meaning of Article 4 (4) of the said Order.

The owner of the premises is Ducales Asset No.2 Limited the registered office of which is at 16 Talbot Street, Saint Anne’s Square Belfast BT1 2NF.



A plan of the premises separately delineating each part or parts of the premises as specified in Rule 6 of Order 48 of the County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981 is attached to this notice in accordance with Schedule 1 to the said Order.



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 and a copy of the planning permission is attached.



FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that the Applicant Company intends to apply under Article 44 of the said Order for an order of the above court directing that, on such days as may be specified in the order, the hours mentioned in Article 44(2) of the said Order shall, in addition to the hours mentioned in Article 42(1) of the said Order, be included in the permitted hours for the part(s) of the premises delineated on the said plan on the grounds that the said part(s) of the said premises is/are-

(a) structurally adapted and used, or intended to be used, for the purpose of habitually providing for the accommodation of persons frequenting the premises:

(i) musical or other entertainment; or

(ii) substantial refreshment; or

(iii) both such entertainment and refreshment; and

(b) the sale of intoxicating liquor is ancillary to that entertainment or refreshment.



AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that any person owning or residing or carrying on business in premises in the vicinity of the premises for which the licence is sought who intends to object to the provisional grant of the licence must, in accordance with paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Licensing Order, serve notice of his intention to object upon the Applicant at the address of their solicitors set out below and the chief clerk, not less than one week before the time of the opening of the court sitting specified herein.



AND TAKE NOTICE THAT the permissible grounds of objection are such as are specified in Article 7 (4)(a) to (e)(i) of the Licensing Order, namely, failure to comply with the correct procedure, unfitness of Applicant , unsuitability of premises; and

(i) In the case of an application under Article 44, the permissible grounds of objection are as specified in Article 44(1) and (3) (structural suitability and undue inconvenience to residents)



Dated this 15th day of August 2025



MKB Law

Solicitors for the Applicant

14-18 Great Victoria Street

Belfast, BT2 7BA



To:-

The Laganside Courts, 45 Oxford Street, Belfast, BT1 3LL

Copy to:-

(i) The District Commander’s Office, Police Service of Northern Ireland, 60 Victoria Street Belfast BT1 3GL

(ii) The District Council at Belfast City Council, Building Control, Ground Floor, Cecil Ward Building, 4-10 Linenhall Street, Belfast, BT2 8BP