A HAULAGE group has revealed plans to bring a Bradford site back into use, and create 20 new jobs in the area.
W & J Williams Haulage Ltd/Shipley Transport Services has applied for planning permission for a vacant site on Park House Road, Low Moor.
The company, already based in Low Moor, plans to build a new storage building and parking bays on the land so it can meet its “continued growth.”
The move will create 20 new jobs, the planning application claims.
The site had been home to a number of office and factory buildings, but in 2021 plans to demolish all the buildings on the 8,580 square metre site were approved.
The planning application says the scheme will help a local business to grow – and argues there would have been a much higher level of traffic into and out of the site when it was a factory and offices.
The application says: “The applicant is a well-established logistics company based in Bradford, currently operating from their existing facilities in Low Moor.
“Due to the continued growth and increased demand for both storage and distribution, W & J Williams Haulage Ltd t/a Shipley Transport Services now seeks to expand its operations to meet the needs of the business.
“The proposed development is essential to accommodate the increasing volume of goods in transit and storage, improving operational efficiency through additional covered loading and processing areas that provide dedicated on-site trailer parking to reduce vehicle movements on the highway and improve road safety.
It says the development will lead to “the creation of approximately 20 full-time jobs to meet the operational requirements of an established and expanding local business.
“In doing so, the development will directly support economic growth, restructuring and diversification within the District and will contribute to the continued modernisation of the manufacturing and industrial sector in the south of Bradford.
“The applicant envisages the proposed development to generate approximately ten two-way HGV movements at the site per day, plus a handful of trips associated with employees.
“This level of vehicle trip generation is not considered to be significant or severe, and it would have no noticeable impact on the local highway network when distributed across the site access on Park House Road.
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“Additionally, the transport statement reiterates the fact that the site previously operated as an industrial use and would have generated a similar, if not higher, level of vehicle movements in comparison to the current proposals.”
A decision on the application is expected in May.
