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LICENSING (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER
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LICENSING (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1996
(ARTICLES 2, 5 (1) (b), 7, 9 and SCHEDULE 1)
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR 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
IN THE COUNTY COURT FOR NORTHERN IRELAND AT CRAIGAVON
FOR THE SOUTH EASTERN DIVISION
TAKE NOTICE that we TOP QUEENSWAY LIMITED whose registered office at 2a Boucher Crescent, Belfast, BT12 6HU intend to apply to the County Court sitting at
The Courthouse, Central Way, Craigavon, Co Armagh, BT64 1AP at 10.30 o’clock in the forenoon on the 13th day of April 2026 for the grant of a licence for the premises
situated at 101 Queensway, Lisburn, Co Antrim, BT27 4QS 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 off the premises.
AND TAKE NOTICE that this application will be dealt with by the Court on the 17th day of April 2026 commencing at 10.30 o’clock in the forenoon.
Top Queensway Limited is a body corporate and will be the owner of such business and the following persons are its directors –
Diarmuid Padraig Farrell of 12a Annaghad Road, Crossmaglen, Newry, BT35 9LG
No persons other than the Directors have executive control.
The owner of the premises is Top Queensway Limited of 2a Boucher Crescent, Belfast, BT12 6HU
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.
A subsisting licence as defined in Schedule 2 to the said Order for the premises such as are specified in Article 5(1)(a) situated at 101 Queensway, Lisburn, Co Antrim,
BT27 4QS will be surrendered to the Court.
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 to the Licensing Order of 1996 serve notice of his intention to object upon the applicant
and the Chief Clerk not less than one week before the 13th day of April 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 or proposed 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 9th day of March 2026
FOOT ANSTEY McKEES
Solicitors for the Applicant
The Linenhall
32-38 Linenhall Street
BELFAST
BT2 8BG
TO: The Chief Clerk
The Courthouse
Central Way
Craigavon
Co Armagh
BT64 1AP
Copy to:
(i) the Clerk of Petty Sessions for the South Eastern Administrative Court Division at the Courthouse, Railway Street, Lisburn, Co Antrim, BT28 1XR (being the Petty
Sessions district in which the premises are situated);
(ii) District Commander, District Command Unit Lisburn and Castlereagh, Police Station, 15 Barrack Street, Lisburn, Co Antrim, BT28 1TJ (district headquarters for the
police district command unit in which the premises are situated).
(iii) District Commander at Belfast City District Command Unit, PSNI Station, Musgrave Street, 60 Victoria Street, Belfast, BT1 3GL (district headquarters for the
police district command unit in which the Applicant has its registered office)
(iv) Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council, Island Civic Centre, Lagan Valley Island, The Island, Lisburn, BT27 4RL (district council for the district in which the premises are situated