Unit 3 Russell House Lym Close Lyme Regis DT7 3DE

P/FUL/2026/02856Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 7 September 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

Proposal

Change of use from office/live space E(g)(iii) to 1.no self-contained holiday let C3

Submitted: 29 May 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Dorset Council
Ward: Lyme and Charmouth Ward

ReceivedSubmitted29 May
ValidatedValidated29 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided7 Sep

Decided in 101 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 3 Russell House Lym Close Lyme Regis DT7 3DE. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 8 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in 20 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.

92% of full 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 3DE
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Lyme Regis

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 May 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 at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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

Source: Dorset

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