Rustic Decor Limited, Shriver Price, 49 Downshire Road, Newry - application for grant of a licence

LICENSING (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1996

(ARTICLES 2, 5(1)(E), 7, 9 AND SCHEDULE 1)



NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF LICENCE AUTHORISING THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR BY RETAIL IN A RESTAURANT



IN THE COUNTY COURT DIVISION

OF ARMAGH AND SOUTH DOWN

TAKE NOTICE that Rustic Decor Limited (Company number NI644363) whose registered office is at Offices of Shriver Price, 49 Downshire Road, Newry, Northern Ireland, BT34 1BA intends to apply to the County Court sitting at The Courthouse, 23 New Street, Newry, BT35 6JD for the above Division commencing at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon on the 6th day of January 2026 for the grant of a licence for the premises situated at 3 Church Square, Rathfriland, Newry, BT34 5PT, 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 structurally adapted and 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 the 16th day of January 2026 commencing at 10:30 o’clock.



Rustic Decor Limited is a body corporate and will be the owner of such business of which the following persons are its directors – Wayne Davis and Leslie Ferris, both of Offices of Shriver Price, 49 Downshire Road, Newry, Northern Ireland, BT34 1BA.

No persons other than the directors have executive control.

The owner of the premises is Rustic Decor Limited.



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 of 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.



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 of the said Order serve notice of his intention to object upon the Applicant and the Chief Clerk not less than one week before the 6th day of January 2026 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 (d) 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; or

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



Dated this 22nd day of December 2025



Signed: Campbell & Grant Solicitors,

Solicitors for the Applicant,

17 Sugar Island,

Newry, BT35 6HT



To: The Chief Clerk, The Courthouse,

23 New Street, Newry, BT35 6JD



Copy to:

(i) the Clerk of Petty Sessions at The Courthouse,

23 New Street, Newry, BT35 6JD (being the Petty Sessions district in which the premises are situated);

(ii) the DCU Commander at Ardmore PSNI Station,

3 Belfast Road, Newry, BT34 1EF (district command unit headquarters for the Police district command unit in which the premises are situated);

(iii) Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, Council Offices, The Palace Demesne, Armagh, BT60 4EL (district council for the district in which the premises are situated)