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May 2023
New terrace and kiosk at Harrogate Town approved
Photo credit: Matt Kirkham, Harrogate Town.
Plans for a new terrace and merchandise kiosk at Harrogate Town’s EnviroVent Stadium have been approved.
The club submitted the proposal for a 100-person terrace near to the north stand turnstiles, to Harrogate Borough Council before the authority was abolished.
It will also see a kiosk installed to serve fans refreshments and Harrogate Town merchandise.
North Yorkshire Council has now approved the proposals.
The club said the new terrace was required because the English Football League will no longer accept perimeter standing at stadiums.
In planning documents, it said:
“The proposed terrace will accommodate spectators which use the existing perimeter standing areas and will therefore not increase the overall ground capacity.
“The small kiosk building will be used for the club shop selling on site merchandising on match days, as well as a replacement (non-alcoholic) drinks servery to replace a kiosk within the AON Terrace that was recently converted to WCs.”
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It comes as the club recently saw its proposal to upgrade its Envirovent Stadium approved.
It will see almost 1,000 seats installed to bring the ground up to EFL standards.
To the south of the ground, the Myrings terrace will see 264 seats installed and the 1919 bar will be demolished and replaced with a new standing terrace.
A total of 603 seats have been installed in the Black Sheep Brewery stand.
The changes will not increase the overall capacity of 5,071 but will see the number of fans that can be seated rise from 1,193 to 2,060.
A strong end to the season has seen Simon Weaver's team secure their status in Division Two of the EFL. They are currently 19th with one match remaining.
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