LEGAL action is being taken to recover possession of a popular Wellington kebab and pizza shop which has a chequered history.

Ali’s Chic-O-Land takeaway, in North Street, has been closed for some time and was believed to have changed hands within the past 12 months before closing again.

Now, solicitors have been instructed to take the building back for owners Norland Properties (Bristol) Ltd.

The company said ‘serious defects’ had been identified which could render the building unsafe.

Michael Thomas, of Grays Solicitors, York, said possession proceedings had been issued and there would be a court hearing on December 6.

In a legal notice attached to the property Mr Thomas said: “We do not know by what right you claim to occupy the property but we should make you aware that an order for possession against the tenants will also have the effect of terminating any permission that they may have given you to occupy the property.

“Even though you are not specifically named in the proceedings the bailiff will be empowered to evict you should it become necessary to enforce the possession order.

“We suggest that you see to making alternative accommodation arrangements as soon as possible.”

Chic-O-Land previously operated form a shop further along North Street, close to the town’s launderette, but it was destroyed in an overnight fire in 2013.

Chic-O-Land (Wellington) Ltd was registered as a business in July, 2017, with the sole director being 41-year-old Bulgarian national Ahmed Karaaliev, whose address was given as the current shop premises.

However, the business was dissolved when it was compulsorily struck off the Companies House register in September, 2019.

Last week, scaffolding was erected across part of Chic-O-Land and an adjoining house.

The Wellington Weekly has reached out to Grays Solicitors for more information but had not received a response at the time of going to press.