Road works to affect The Oval in Harrogate this month

A section of The Oval in Harrogate is to close to traffic for at least 11 days for road works.

The traffic order begins on January 17 and is expected to remain in place until January 28 but could be extended into February.

It will allow work to take place to install new surface water pipework as part of a nearby development.

The lower section of The Oval will be affected, with drivers being asked to use Park Road instead.

North Yorkshire County Council, which is the highways authority, said there were no plans to extend the work to other areas of The Oval.

Work on nearby Otley Road is set to resume in the coming weeks to complete the first phase of the Otley Road cycle path. Severe weather brought work to a halt shortly before Christmas.


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Plans to convert Harrogate church hall into townhouses

Plans have been submitted to convert a hall that is part of a Grade II listed church in Harrogate into townhouses.

Inglehurst Property has applied to Harrogate Borough Council to create two three-bedroom properties for older people in the hall of Trinity Methodist Church, on Trinity Road, near the Stray.

Under the proposals, a new slate roof would be added to the building as well as an extra floor to accommodate the bedrooms and bathrooms.

Planning documents say the methodist church closed the hall several years ago to raise funds to repair the adjoining church, which opened in 1879.


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The hall was sold to the First Church of Christ Scientist, which used it for services until membership dwindled.

Last year, Harrogate’s Muslim community identified the hall as a site for the district’s first mosque but this does not appear to have progressed.