The Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1990

4.  A sub-divisional commander upon whom notice is required by paragraph 1 to be served, the district council mentioned in that paragraph or any person owning, or residing or carrying on business in, premises in the vicinity of the premises for which the licence is sought shall be entitled to appear at the hearing of the application and to object to the grant of the licence on any of the following grounds—

(a) that the applicant is not a fit person to hold a licence; or

(b) that the premises are not of the kind specified in the notice or are not suitable to be licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor by retail; or

(c) where the premises are of a kind mentioned in Article 6(1)(a) or (b) and Article 8(3) or paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 does not apply, that the number of licensed premises of that kind in the vicinity of the premises for which the licence is sought is, or having regard to any licences provisionally granted under Article 10 or any sites approved under Article 11 will be, adequate.