Whitehouse Retail Limited - provisional 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 for Premises in which the business carried on under the licence is the business of selling intoxicating liquor by retail for consumption off the Premises.



Western Administrative Court Division

County Court of Northern Ireland at Magherafelt

Sitting in Londonderry

TAKE NOTICE that Whitehouse Retail Limited the registered office of which is situate at 65 Buncrana Road, Londonderry, BT48 8LB intends to apply to the County Court sitting at The Courthouse, Bishop Street, Londonderry, BT48 6PQ for the above Division commencing at 10.30am in the forenoon on the 1st day of December 2025 for the provisional grant of a Licence for premises at Whitehouse Retail Park, 65b Buncrana Road, Londonderry, BT48 8LB being such premises as are specified in Article 5(1)(b) of the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 namely premises in which it is intended to carry on the business of selling intoxicating liquor for consumption off the premises.



AND TAKE NOTICE that this application will be dealt with by the Court on the 1st day of December 2025 commencing at 10.30am.

Whitehouse Retail Limited aforesaid is the owner of the business.

The Directors Whitehouse Retail Limited aforesaid are David Thomas Barber and Barbara Elizabeth Barber both of 7 Stoneypath, Victoria Road, Londonderry, BT47 2AF.

The Secretary of Whitehouse Retail Limited aforesaid is David Thomas Barber aforesaid.

The owner of the premises is David Thomas Barber aforesaid.



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 and a copy of the planning permission is attached or in the alternative, the premises may be used as premises of the kind specified in this Notice for the period during which the licence would be in force without planning permission.

A subsisting licence as defined in Schedule 2 of the said Order for premises such as are specified in Article 5(1)(a) of the Order situate at 40 Church Street, Downpatrick, BT36 6EW will be surrendered to the Court.



AND TAKE NOTICE that any person owning or residing or carrying on business in premises in the vicinity of the premises for which a 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, serve notice of his intention to object upon the Applicant and the Chief Clerk not less than one week before the time of the opening of the Court Sitting.



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 Licensing Order namely, failure to comply with the correct procedure, unfitness of the applicant, unsuitability of the premises, and where the premises are of a kind mentioned in Article 5(1)(a) or (b) and Article 7(6) or paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 to the Licensing Order does not apply, that the number of Licensed Premises of that kind in the vicinity is or will be adequate.



Dated this 10th day of November 2025



Carson McDowell LLP

Solicitors for the Applicant

4/5 Murray Street, Belfast, BT1 6DN



To: The Chief Clerk at The Courthouse, Bishop Street, Londonderry, BT48 6PQ by hand delivery.

The Clerk of Petty Sessions at The Courthouse, Bishop Street, Londonderry, BT48 6PQ by hand delivery.

The Unit Commander, PSNI, Derry City and Strabane Policing District, 81 Strand Road, Londonderry, BT48 7AA by hand delivery.

The Clerk & Chief Executive of Derry City & Strabane District Council, 98 Strand Road, Londonderry, BT48 7NN by hand delivery.