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40 Church Street Lyme Regis DT7 3DA

P/CLE/2026/01081Certificate of Lawful Use ExistingAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Independent C3 use of ‘Sunray’ and ‘Sunrise’, with associated access and parking

Submitted
25 February 2026
Ward
Lyme and Charmouth Ward
  1. Received25 Feb
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.24 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 40 Church Street Lyme Regis DT7 3DA. Dorset has handled 1,397 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 25 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Lyme Regis conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Lyme and Charmouth Ward. We hold 746 applications in total for the DT7 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
DT7 3DA
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lyme Regis

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2026
Consultation expiry
24 March 2026
Consultation end
24 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
58 Broad Street Lyme Regis DT7 3QF

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lyme Regis Conservation Area 1
  • Listed building: Grade II: London Inn Public HouseOn this site · +4 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
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (17)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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, heritage coasts 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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