Feast Rostrevor Ltd - application for grant of a licence
What is proposed?
Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996
Articles 2, 5(1)(e), 7, 9 and Schedule 1
Notice of application for the grant of a licence
authorising the sale of intoxicating liquor
by retail in a restaurant.
SOUTH EASTERN ADMINISTRATIVE COURT DIVISION
COUNTY COURT OF NORTHERN IRELAND AT NEWRY
TAKE NOTICE that we Feast Rostrevor Ltd having its registered office address at 44 Church Street, Warrenpoint, Newry, Co Down, BT34 3HN intend to apply to the County Court sitting at The Courthouse, 23 New Street, Newry, BT35 6JD for the above division commencing at 10.30 in the forenoon on the 6th day of January 2026 for the grant of a licence for the premises situated at 24 Bridge Street, Rostrevor, Co Down, BT34 3BG being restaurant premises such as are specified in Article 2 of the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 namely premises, not being of a kind mentioned in Article 5(1)(a) in which there is carried on the business of selling meals and refreshments, which are structurally adapted and used for the purpose of providing persons frequenting the premises with a customary main table meal at mid-day or in the evening, or both.
AND TAKE NOTICE that the application will be dealt with by the Court on the 16th day of January 2026 commencing at 10.30 in the forenoon. The applicant company will be the owner of the business to be carried on under the licence.
The applicant company is a registered company in Northern Ireland whose Directors are:-
Melissa McCabe of and Roisin McCaffrey of 44 Church Street, Warrenpoint, Newry, Co Down, BT34 3HN
No persons other than the Director have executive control of the applicant company.
The owner of the premises is Alana O’Hare of 24 Bridge Street, Rostrevor, Co Down, BT34 3BG
A plan of the premises delineating the part or parts thereof in which intoxicating liquor is to be sold is attached to this notice in accordance with Schedule 1 to the said Order and Rule 6 of Order 48 of the County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981.
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.
AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that any person owning or residing or carrying on business in premises in the vicinity of the premises for which this licence is sought must, in accordance with paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Order serve notice of his intention to object upon the applicant (at it’s Solicitor’s address if required) and the Chief Clerk not less than one week before the opening of the court sittings.
The permissible grounds of objection are as specified in Article 7(4)(a) to (d), and paragraph 4 of the said Schedule 1, namely:
(a) the proper procedure has not been complied with;
(b) the applicant is not a fit person to hold a licence;
(c) the premises are not premises of the kind specified in this notice; or
(d) the premises are not suitable for the sale of intoxicating liquor by retail as a restaurant.
Dated this 16th day of December 2025
Foot Anstey McKees
Solicitors for the applicant
The Linenhall
32-38 Linenhall Street, Belfast, BT2 8BG
Copy to:
(i) the Clerk of Petty Sessions for the Petty Sessions district of Newry at the Courthouse, 23 New Street, Newry, Co Down, BT35 6JD (being the Petty Sessions district in which the premises are situated);
(ii) the DCU Commander at Newry, Mourne and Down District Command Unit at PSNI Station, 3 Belfast Road, Newry, Co Down, BT34 1EF (district headquarters for the police district command unit in which the premises are situated and in which the Applicant has its registered office); and
(iii) Newry, Mourne and Down District Council at Monaghan Row, Newry, Co Down, BT35 8DJ (district council for the district in which the premises are situated);