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Mar 2024
Knaresborough's Marigold Café expansion plans approved
Plans to extend the Marigold Café in Knaresborough have been approved.
The café, situated alongside the River Nidd on Waterside, is one of the most familiar sights in the town. The business also provides rowing boats for hire.
The owners applied to North Yorkshire Council for a single storey extension for toilets.
The council has now approved the planning application, saying it "will enhance the service offered by the existing building to the district’s visitor economy".
The café consists of two main buildings. The former boat house building provides seats and a single disabled toilet. The kitchen block and servery is located in a separate block.
The extension will create an additional toilet next to the existing disabled toilet.
A design and access statement, submitted in support of the application, said the existing buildings have undergone extensive refurbishment, adding:
Marigold Cafe (left) on Waterside
The "small" extension, the statement added, would "create a much needed additional toilet".
The council's decision notice said the proposed extension "is not considered to be a detrimental impact to the surrounding conservation area, nor to the character of the surrounding landscape".
It added:
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