CM Developments (N.I.) Ltd re: 249 Rashee Road, Ballyclare, BT39 9JN - provisional grant of a licence

LICENSING (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1996

(Articles 5(1)(a), 7, 9 and Schedule 1)

Notice of application for the provisional grant of a 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

NORTH EASTERN ADMINISTRATIVE COURT DIVISION

SITTING AT LAGANSIDE

​TAKE NOTICE that we CM Developments (N.I.) Ltd (company number NI694394) whose registered office address is Suite 4 Commercial Mews, 93-97 Main Street, Larne, United Kingdom, BT40 1HJ intends to apply to the Recorder’s Court sitting at Laganside Courthouse, Oxford Street, Belfast, BT1 3LL for the above division on the 11th day of May 2026, for the provisional grant of a licence for premises situate at 249 Rashee Road, Ballyclare, BT39 9JN being such premises as are specified in Article 5(1 (a) of the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, namely premises in which the applicant intends to carry on only or principally the business of selling intoxicating liquor for consumption either in or off the premises.

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AND TAKE NOTICE that this application will be dealt with by the Court on the 14th day of May 2026 commencing at 10.30 in the forenoon.

The applicant company is the owner of the business.

The applicant company is a limited liability company whose directors are

Conor McNeill and Elizabeth McNeill.

The above directors have executive control of the company.

The applicant company is the owner of the premises.

In accordance with Schedule 1 of the said Order and Rule 6 of Order 48 of the County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981 attached to this notice is a copy of a plan of the said premises delineating:-

(a) the part or parts thereof in which intoxicating liquor is to be sold; and

(b) the extent of the premises which are or are to be extended, used or demolished.

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.

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FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that we intend to apply under Article 44 of the said Order for an order of the above-named Court directing that from Monday to Sunday inclusive 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 parts of the premises delineated on the said plan on the grounds that the said parts of the said 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; 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 II of the said Order for premises such as are specified in Article 5(1)(a) situate at Five Corners, 249 Rashee Road, Ballyclare will be surrendered to the Court.



FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that any person owning, 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 said Order serve notice of his intention to object upon the applicant (at its Solicitors address herein if required) and the Chief Clerk not less than one week before the opening of the Court sittings at which the application is to be heard specified herein.

The permissible ground of objection are such as are specified in Article 7(4 (a) to (e)(i) of the said Order, namely:

(i) failure to comply with the correct procedure;

(ii) the fitness of the applicant;

(iii) the applicant is unaware of its responsibilities under any code of practice with the Department has approved;

(iv) the premises are not of the kind specified in this application;

(v) the unsuitability of the premises, and

(vi) where subject to Article 7(6) or Schedule 3, paragraph 6 of the said Order, the number of licensed premises of that kind in the vicinity is or will be adequate.

In the case of the application under Article 44 the permissible grounds of objection are those specified under Articles 44 (1) and 44 (3) namely that the premises are not structurally suitable to be licensed under Article 44 or that the additional permitted hours or the business to be conducted during the additional permitted hours or any period immediately following their termination would be conducted so as to cause undue inconvenience to persons residing in the vicinity of the premises.



Dated this 20th day of April 2026

Signed: Shean Dickson Merrick, Solicitors for the Applicant,

38-42 Hill Street, Belfast, BT1 2LB



To: (i) The Chief Clerk, Laganside Courthouse, Oxford Street, Belfast, BT1 3LL;

(ii) The Clerk of Petty Sessions, Laganside Courthouse, Oxford Street, Belfast, BT1 3LL (being the Petty Sessions District in which the premises are situated);

(iii) The Sub-Divisional Commander, Antrim PSNI Station, 24 Castle Street, Antrim, BT41 4AU (being the sub-divisional commander of the police sub-division in which the premises are situated);

(iv) The Sub-Divisional Commander, Larne PSNI Station, 2 Hope Street, Larne, BT40 1UR (being the sub-divisional commander of the police sub division in which the applicant has its registered office);

(v) The Clerk of the Council, Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council, Mossley Mill, Newtownabbey, BT36 5QA (being the district council for the district in which the premises are situated).