Notice of application for an order for further additional permitted hours

TAKE NOTICE that We At Wits End Ltd whose registered office is at 12 Stranmillis Road, Belfast, BT9 5AA being the holder of a licence authorising the sale of intoxicating liquor at the premises situated at 12 Stranmillis Road, Belfast such premises being of a kind mentioned in Article 5(1)(a) of the Licensing (NI) Order 1996 to which an order of 12 th day of December 2002 under Article 44 of the said Order applies, intend to apply at the magistrates’ court sitting at Laganside Courts on 2 nd June 2026 at 10:30am for an order under Article 44A(3) of the said Order directing that, on 104 days from 5 th June 2026 until 29 th May 2027 the premises may open for an additional hour beginning immediately after the end of the period authorised by the said Article 44 order.

An Article 44A order dated 17 th September 2024 applies or has applied to the part of the premises to which this application relates for a total of 104 days in the year prior to 19 th July 2025.



The licence required for the premises for which the application is made by a council under Schedule 1 to the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 will be produced at the hearing of the application.



AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that any person owning or residing in premises in the vicinity of the premises to which the application relates who intends to object to the transfer of the Licence must in accordance with paragraph 5 of Schedule 9 to the Licensing Order of 1996 serve notice of his intention to object upon the applicant and the Clerk of Petty Sessions not less than one week before the before the time 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 44A(5) and (7) of the said Order of 1996.



Dated this 11 th day of May 2026



FOOT ANSTEY McKEES



Solicitors for the Applicant

The Linenhall

32-38 Linenhall Street

BELFAST

BT2 8BG



To : The clerk of petty sessions for the petty sessions for the above-named Petty Sessions District situated at Laganside Courthouse, 45 Oxford Street, Belfast, BT1 3LL.

Copy to:

District Commander, Musgrave Police Station, 60 Victoria Street, Belfast, BT1 3GL being the District Command Unit in which the premises are situated.



Belfast City Council, Cecil Ward Building, 4-10 Linenhall Street, Belfast, BT2 8BP being the District Council for the District in which the pre