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Carlow House Barn Woodman Lane Cowan Bridge Carnforth Lancashire LA6 2HT

26/00093/FULRefused

Refused on 31 March 2026

Council decision: Application Refused

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of existing studio/office to dwelling

Received
26 January 2026
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 55 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Carlow House Barn Woodman Lane Cowan Bridge Carnforth Lancashire LA6 2HT. Lancaster has handled 3,224 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Lancaster's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,141 applications in total for the LA6 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
LA6 2HT

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2026

Appeal history

6009367
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 3 September 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: refused

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Lancaster

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