Licensing N.I. order 1996

LICENSING (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1996
(Articles 2, 5(1)(a), 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 either in or off the premises

IN THE COUNTY COURT FOR NORTHERN IRELAND

TAKE NOTICE that CATHEDRAL LEISURE LIMITED having its registered office at 3 Hill Street Belfast BT1 2LA 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 5 th January 2026 for the provisional grant of a licence
for the premises situated at 62 High Street Belfast being such premises as are specified in Article 5(1)(a)
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 either in or off the premises.
AND TAKE NOTICE that this application will be dealt with by the court on the 8 th January 2026
commencing at 10.30 in the forenoon.
Cathedral Leisure Limited will be the owner of such business.
Cathedral Leisure Limited is a limited liability company of which the directors are James Henry Sinton,
Conall William Adams Wolsey, Luke George Edward Wolsey, and Dr William Adams Wolsey. There are
no other persons having executive control of Cathedral Leisure Limited within the meaning of Article 4
(4) of the said Order.
The applicant is the owner of the premises.
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-
(a) 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.
FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Cathedral Leisure Limited intend to apply under Article 44 of the said Order
for an order of the above-named 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 those 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 premises 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 in the form of a main table meal at midday or in the
evening or both; or
(iii) both such entertainment and refreshment; and
(b) the sale of intoxicating liquor is ancillary to that entertainment or refreshment.

A subsisting licence as defined in Schedule 2 of the said Order for the premises such as are specified in
Article 5(1)(a) situated at 62 High Street Belfast will be surrendered to the Court.

Dated this 15 th day of December 2025

MKB Law
Solicitors for the Applicant
14-18 Great Victoria Street
Belfast
BT2 7BA

To: 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

Note:
(a) 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 for its solicitors and
the chief clerk, not less than one week before the time of the opening of the Court Sitting
specified herein.
(b) 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 premises and, where the premises are of a kind mentioned in
Article 5(1)(a) only 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;
(c) in the case of an application under Article 44 of the Licensing Order, the permissible
grounds of objection as are specified in Article 44(1) and (3) (structural suitability and
undue inconvenience to residents);