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8 Downside Close Charmouth DT6 6BH

P/HOU/2026/03091Householder Planning PermissionApproved
Householder

Approved on 5 August 2026

Council decision: Granted9 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Convert existing garage to a bedroom and utility room. Remove existing external fire stair, balcony and overclad and insulate all existing external walls and roof to improve thermal performance and provide additional brise soleil solar shading to the south elevation. Construct an open sided carport and studio and construct a timber garden pergola.

Submitted
10 June 2026
Ward
Lyme and Charmouth Ward
  1. Received10 Jun
  2. Validated10 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 8 Downside Close Charmouth DT6 6BH. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 2 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. 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 1,726 applications in total for the DT6 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
DT6 6BH
Application type
Householder Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Charmouth

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Lower Lewell Farm House Lewell Dorchester DT2 8AP

Additional information

Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Bridport to LymeRegis 1+1 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
  • Heritage coast: West 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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 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.

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