Birk Crag House Crag Lane Harrogate North Yorkshire HG3 1QA Data via plota.co.uk

26/03017/FUL - Full permission Registered

Proposal

Relocation of existing café business to include; kitchen and serving area; 1 x Tipi; 1 x Converted Horse Box Bar to form barista bar; 1x WC; and associated seating and hard and soft landscaping Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Jun 2026
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Validated
21 Sept 2026
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Consultation
21 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 16 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 15 Nov 2026, from Harrogate's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 15 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Documents 35

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Local nature reserve 37 m away: Birk Crag
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
Priority habitat 28 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Harrogate
Application type
Full permission
Postcode
HG3 1QA
Received
11 Jun 2026
Validated
21 Sept 2026
Ward
Harlow & St. Georges
Parish
Harrogate
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show

Decision outlook

Day 18 of the 56-day target. Harrogate usually decides changes of use by day 55.

Day 1838 days to the 56-day target
64%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
104decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Harrogate in the last twelve months, from validation. Harrogate decision record →

Public comments

10comments received
10 supporting

100% support · above the UK average of 16%

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14995615
Planning Portal ref
PP-14995615
Consultation
21 Sept 2026
Comments by
15 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
16 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No