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:
“It has a slate tiled pitched roof and vertical timber weather cladding to walls with a waterproof render finish as flood defence at low level.”
Marigold Cafe (left) on Waterside
The “small” extension, the statement added, would “create a much needed additional toilet”.
“It is proposed that the building will have a flat roof to keep its height and impact on the street scene and the residences opposite to a minimum. The impact of the proposal is further mitigated by the existing high hedge which completely conceals the extension from Waterside.
“The walls will be clad in weatherboarding and render to match the existing building.”
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:
“Yorkshire Garden’s Trust have commented that they would not consider the proposal to harm the setting of the Grade II registered Garden ‘The Long Walk’ and have no objection to the scheme.
“The extension to the café will enhance the service offered by the existing building to the district’s visitor economy.”
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