Lyme Regis Town Council had supported the plans, saying they did not "involve unacceptable or material harm to the Conservation Area or heritage assets". Follow BBC South on Facebook, X, or Instagram.

The Art Deco building in Lyme Regis partially collapsed after being engulfed in flames in 2016.

EXCLUSIVE: Lyme Regis in Dorset is one of the towns in the UK most hit by second homes and holiday lets, with one in 13 homes in the area not owned by a local.

The uber-cool Dorset seaside beach town of Lyme Regis is now a Hollywood A lister – thanks to Kate Winslet’s portrayal of 19th-century fossil hunter and local legend Mary Anning in new film ...

It all happened on the shingle beaches and collapsing cliffs of the Jurassic Coast, near the pretty seaside town of Lyme Regis. When I go with my other half, we can’t resist a spot of fossil ...

Lucy Johnston, the museum’s exhibitions manager, said: “Jane loved a dip in the sea and she went to Lyme Regis on holiday in about 1804. She wrote a letter to her sister, Cassandra, saying how ...

A new dredging system will be tested in Lyme Regis and West Bay harbours after the summer. The fibreglass statue had been sold to help raise money for a Dorset hospice. A hospice charity raises ...

Lyme Regis is the setting of the classic novel and Oscar-nominated movie The French Lieutenant's Woman. The poster scene was filmed on the Cobb, pictured, with Meryl Streep's character shot ...