Carlow House Barn, Woodman Lane, Cowan Bridge, LA6 2HT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

• whether the proposal would be suitably located having regard to relevant development plan policies concerning the location of residential development

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year supply of deliverable housing sites, combined with the proposal's consistency with Framework Policy S5(c) on re-use of existing buildings, outweighed the conflict with development plan policies directing residential development to more sustainable locations.

the moderate harm arising from conflict with development plan policies concerning location of residential development was outweighed by the moderate benefits of contributing to housing supply in the absence of a five-year supply and the moderate benefit of securing re-use of an existing building consistent with Framework Policy S5(c)