Harrogate Town withdraws £2.75m training ground plans
The football club’s plans for a permanent Wetherby base have been delayed after it was discovered the location of the proposed clubhouse sits within a flood zone area.
The application was submitted in July last year, and has now been pulled to prevent it being rejected while the club and architect Bowman Riley adjust designs.
Located at the racecourse in the West Yorkshire town, the project included both a grass and artificial pitch, a single-storey clubhouse, and parking.
Harrogate Town, which is owned by Irving Weaver, chairman of Strata Homes, intends the training ground to also be used by the local community, such as local schools and sports clubs.
Currently, the team use ad-hoc training facilities across the region.
The withdrawal of the plans comes as the club has been relegated from League Two to the National League, following a loss to Barnet at the end of the 2025/26 season.
A club spokesperson added: “During the planning application process, we were recently notified that the Environment Agency would have to object to the application on the basis that more up-to-date flood mapping for the site has been released since the original planning application was submitted.
“This new data now places the proposed clubhouse within a flood zone where such a development is considered incompatible.
“This was not identified previously during the two pre-application periods and has only come to light in the last few weeks which coincided with the end of the football season.”
