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The Annexe At 3 The Watch House, Sea Hill Lane, Chideock, Bridport, DT6 6JU

1/D/07/001403Certificate of Lawful Use ExistingRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 2 April 2008

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of annex as a unit of holiday accommodation

Submitted
10 August 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chideock and Symondsbury Ward
  1. Received10 Aug
  2. Validated10 Aug
  3. Consult.25 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 236 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at THE ANNEXE AT 3 THE WATCH HOUSE, SEA HILL LANE, CHIDEOCK, BRIDPORT, DT6 6JU. Dorset has handled 1,397 applications of this type. This one was decided in 236 days, 28 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Chideock and Seatown conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,726 applications in total for the DT6 postcode area.

76% of amendment applications at Dorset Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DT6 6JU
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chideock
District
West Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 August 2007
Consultation expiry
25 August 2007
Consultation end
25 August 2007

Additional information

Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Chideock, Chideock North and Seatown Conservation Area 7 (Seatown)Part of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Bridport to LymeRegis 1+1 more
  • World Heritage Site: Dorset and East Devon CoastPart of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
  • SSSI: Chesil & The Fleet SSSIPart of the site
  • Special Area of Conservation: Sidmouth to West BayPart of the site
  • Heritage coast: West Dorset

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (16)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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