12th October 2011

LYME REGIS: Celebrity chef granted permission for restaurant balcony extension

Local Planning Decisions by Francesca Evans

LOCAL celebrity chef Mark Hix has been granted permission to extend the terrace at his Hix Oyster and Fish House in Lyme Regis.

The currently small timber terrace will be extended around the side of the restaurant in Lister Gardens to provide more space for diners.

The district council also gave permission for a change of use from a shop to shop and cafe at Fish and Two Veg greengrocers, 49 Broad Street, which is a listed building. The council ruled that the shop should not be open before 8am and after 10pm on Mondays to Saturdays and before 11am and after 9pm on Sundays and Bank Holidays, and the cafe should not be open before 8am and after 9pm Mondays to Saturdays, and before 11am and after 7pm on Sundays and Bank Holidays.

• THE district council has also approved the following applications (Lyme Regis Town Council comments are in brackets):

Certificate of Lawfulness for a shepherd’s hut at Shire End West, Cobb Road, to provide bed and breakfast accommodation (town council made no comment);

First floor side extension and balcony at 1 Lymbrook Cottages, Jericho (no objection);

Install gas meter and gas pipe to second storey, and make internal alterations to Flat 3, Long Entry Flats, Long Entry, which is a listed building (no objection);

Replace garage with chalet-style detached house with shared access off West Hill Road at The Vicarage, West Hill Road (recommend approval);

Build garage/store at Fairfield Cottage, Charmouth Road (recommend refusal due to lack of recent ground stability reports);

Single storey rear extension at 1 Colway Rise (no objection);

Install PV solar panels to the south west and south east roofs of St Andrew’s House, Uplyme Road (recommend approval);

Conservatory, porch and cladding at Flat 9, Farnham House, Stile Lane (no objection);

Single storey front extension at Seagull Cottage, Old School Yard, Church Street (recommend approval);

Retain extensions to garage and proposed car port at Driftwood, Sidmouth Road (recommend approval);

Insertion of two first floor windows on north elevation to accommodate internal mezzanine at Woodmead Halls, Hill Road (town council did not comment);

Alterations to windows including Juliet balconies on front elevation and demountable awning for external seating area at the Bay Hotel, Marine Parade (recommend approval);

Build terrance at Lewesdon, Silver Street (recommend approval);

Dormer windows at the Beach House in Bridge Street (recommend refusal);

Loft conversion including two dormer windows at 11 Monmouth Street (town council did not comment).

• A PLANNING application for a roof extension on a seafront property in Lyme Regis has been refused on the grounds that it would be an “overly dominant and unsympathetic” development, which would “neither preserve nor enhance” and nearby listed buildings.

The application was for a roof extension and alterations, works to the front wall and a new external walkway at Cobb Gate on Marine Parade, a holiday let owned by local resident Cliff Powley.

The application received six letters of objection and one in favour. Speaking at a recent town council Planning and Highways Committee meeting, one concerned resident said the extension would cause the “gradual destruction to the view and character of Lyme’s seafront”.

The town council recommended refusal on the grounds that it would be “detrimental” to neighbouring properties, including listed buildings, by blocking light, and to the surrounding street scene and the application was later refused by the district council.

LYME REGIS: Celebrity chef granted permission for restaurant balcony extension

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