Application submitted for major new commercial development

A detailed planning application for a major Keighley commercial development, first announced in February of this year, has been submitted to Bradford Council.The firm PH Holdings wants to build eight large commercial buildings on land to the north west of Keighley Industrial Park, off Royd Ings Avenue.The land consists of green fields lying between the A629 bypass to the west and the River Aire to the east, directly north of a turning circle at the western end of the industrial park.A detailed design statement, put together by the applicant’s agent Michael Ainsworth Design Partnership, says the development would be raised up on stilts to contend with any flooding.As reported early this year, the development could generate hundreds of jobs and cost millions to build. The latest plans indicating what the completed scheme could look like shows eight properties accommodating nine commercial units on the 26.4 acre site.A new access road would extend north from the existing turning circle.