A VACANT Bradford site could house almost 100 cars – part of a proposed internet-based car sales business – if new plans are approved.

The site off All Saints Road, next to the Al-Jamia Suffa-Tul-Islam Grand Mosque, is the subject of a new planning application submitted to Bradford Council just before Christmas.

If the application is approved, the site could be fenced off, covered in crushed stone and used for the physical sales site for an internet-based car business.

Submitted by Noor Mohammed, the application says the site currently suffers from fly-tipping.

The same plot of land was subject to a major planning application in 2020.

That plan would have seen the construction of 12 shops on the site, along with three industrial units and six office units.

But that ambitious application was withdrawn several months after being submitted, after Council biodiversity officers, Conservation officers and West Yorkshire Police all raised concerns over the development.

And the Environment Agency had objected, claiming the development would prove to be a flood risk.

The new application says plans for the site have now been “vastly revised” – and say customers would only be allowed on the site by appointment only.

There would be space for 99 cars on the site.

The application says: “Various other schemes have been proposed over the last couple of years, however these have proved unviable in terms of gaining planning permission. It is now hoped that this vastly revised scheme will be acceptable.

“The site has been unused for quite some time and was beginning to look an ‘eyesore’ as well as attracting fly-tipping and anti-social behaviour. However, our client has recently cleared the site of all the accumulated rubbish and vegetation, apart from the trees, at his own cost, to make the site look more aesthetically pleasing and in preparation for any development.

“The site can only be accessed by appointment and the security gates on All Saints Road and Laisteridge Lane.

“These entrances will be always locked to ensure a high level of security from damage to the vehicles during evening and overnight with a security guard patrolling the area. The locked ingress points into the site will also prevent any vehicles taking shortcuts through the site.

“As the cars will be parked within site for sales purposes, there will be little movement of vehicles into and out of the site as to not overburden both All Saints Road and Laisteridge Lane.”

A decision on the application is expected in late January.