Planning application
40 Church Street Lyme Regis Dorset DT7 3DA
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Independent C3 use of ‘Sunray’ and ‘Sunrise’, with associated access and parking
As published by the council, reference P/CLE/2026/01081
Application record
- Reference
- P/CLE/2026/01081
- Type
- Certificate of Lawful Use Existing
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 25 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 25 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 30 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Lyme and Charmouth Ward
- Parish
- Lyme Regis
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DT7 3DA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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25 Feb 2026
Received by Dorset
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30 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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14 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Dorset granted permission on 30 April 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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