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Aug 2020
Plans for the £6 million extension of Ripon Cathedral have gone on display at a public exhibition inside the ancient building.
Running until the end of September, the exhibition is designed to enable all interested parties within the community to view the plans and provide comment, which will help in the preparation of a formal planning application for submission to Harrogate Borough Council.
If successful, plans would see the first major extension in hundreds of years, for a building containing the oldest built fabric of any English cathedral - St Wilfrid’s Crypt - dating back to 672 AD.
When the Renewed project was launched, the Dean of Ripon, The Very Revd John Dobson, said:
He added:
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