LYME REGIS: Mariners gains permission to restore hotel after lorry crash

The listed building in Silver Street will be returned as close as possible to its appearance before the crash. The front entrance and window were knocked down by the lorry, resulting in passer-by Alex Quan-Yat-Koon suffering a double leg amputation.

The hotel frontage has since been boarded up and a temporary entrance made. The repairs will use many similar materials to the rest of the building.

THE following planning applications for Lyme Regis have also received final approval from West Dorset District Council:

• Build extension and replace garage door at 10 St George’s Hill;
• Build extension at Meadway, Charmouth Road;
• Replace three windows and the front conservatory roof at 10 Cobb Terrace, off Cobb Road;
• Internal and external alterations at Springfield Guest House on Woodmead Road – a listed building – which is being converted into a private home;
• Install six photoboltaic solar panels on rear south west roof slope on Bell Cliff House, 7 Broad Street;
• Change use of existing shop to a mixed use of shop with restaurant/café at 19 Broad Street, which is a listed building and currently Lyme News, with opening hours of 8am to 10pm Monday to Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sundays and Bank Holidays;
• Replace garage with chalet-style detached house with shared access at The Vicarage on West Hill Road;
• Create new access to garage, enlarge existing first floor window, replace two first floor windows with French doors opening to Juliette balconies at 1 Woodmead Road.

PLANS to create a third-floor roof extension, new balcony and terrace, and to convert two apartments into a single residential unit at Malvern House in Broad Street have been refused.

West Dorset District Council refused the plans to convert and make alterations to the flats at 13 Broad Street, above Lyrinda’s delicatessen, on the grounds that changes would result in the loss of some of the building’s historic features, including its roof profile and chimney, and would therefore lose its symmetry with the nextdoor property to the detriment of the character of the building.

The district council has also refused permission to retain a new extract flue at the Alexandra Hotel in Pound Street.

The new flue was installed in the same place as the old extractor to meet with modern regulations but sparked a complaint from a nearby resident.

The district council refused permission to keep it on the grounds that its box-like form, scale and finish detracted from the listed building’s character and appearance.

LYME Regis Town Council recommended approval of the following planning applications, which will now be considered by West Dorset District Council:

• Build replacement conservatory at The Old Vicarage, Old Vicarage Garden, subject to the listed building officer approving;
• Extend the time limit in which to extend St Michael’s Business Centre in Church Street to provide extra office space for Lyme Regis  Development Trust, with a kitchen and toilets;
• Build new external staircase at Staples Stores in Staples Terrace;
• Make internal and external alterations including a conservatory extension at Rose Hill, Silver Street, on the condition that the proposed galvanised handrail on the “Widow’s Walk” be constructed of period material like the neighbouring property;
• Retain the double temporary classrooms at the Woodroffe School on Uplyme Road.

The council also found no objections with plans to make alterations to an extension at Benets, Mill Green; to build an extension and make additional alterations at 4 Clappentail Park; and to install a new dormer window to the garage roof of Maroc House, 2 Corum Court.

PLANS to build a double carport at 20 Woodroffe Meadow were recommended for refusal by Lyme Regis Town Council, on the grounds that it was overdevelopment of the site and would affect the “visual amenity and intended purpose of the landscaped area”.

Final decisions on all planning applications are made by West Dorset District Council.