Plates Hillsborough Limited re:16 Lisburn Street, Hillsborough - 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 license authorising the sale of

intoxicating liquor by retail in a restaurant
IN THE COUNTY COURT FOR NORTHERN IRELAND

TAKE NOTICE that PLATES HILLSBOROUGH LIMITED the registered office of which is at 16a Lisburn Street, Hillsborough, BT26 6AB intends to apply to the County Court sitting at Craigavon Courthouse, Central Way, Craigavon BT64 1AP commencing at 10.30 in the forenoon on the 7th September 2026 for the grant of a license for the premises situated at 16 Lisburn Street, Hillsborough, BT26 6AB 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 intended to be 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 11th September 2026 commencing at 10.30 in the forenoon.

Plates Hillsborough Limited will be the owner of such business.

Plates Hillsborough Limited is a limited liability company registered in Northern Ireland of which the directors are Alana Anne Russell and Nicola Jayne Wolsey. There are no other persons having executive control of the Applicant Company within the meaning of Article 4 (4) of the said Order.

The owner of the premises is Lean Logistics Ireland 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 to 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.



FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that the Applicant Company intends to apply under Article 44 of the said Order for an order of the above 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 the hours 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 said premises is/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.



AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that 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 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 of their solicitors set out below and the chief clerk, not less than one week before the time of the opening of the court sitting specified herein.



AND TAKE NOTICE THAT 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 Applicant , unsuitability of premises; and

(i) In the case of an application under Article 44, the permissible grounds of objection

are as specified in Article 44(1) and (3) (structural suitability and undue inconvenience

to residents);





Dated this 13th day of August 2026

Solicitors for the Applicant

MKB Law

14-18 Great Victoria Street, Belfast, BT2 7BA



To:-

Chief Clerk, Craigavon Courthouse, Central Way, Craigavon BT64 1AP

Copy to:-

(i) Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council, Lagan Valley Island Lisburn BT27 4RL

(ii) The District Commander’s Office, Police Service of Northern Ireland, 15 Barrack Street Lisburn BT28 1TJ