PLANS have been drawn up to create Bradford's smallest pub catering for only 15 customers at a time.

The as yet unnamed micropub is promised to offer a traditional pub environment at the premises the size of a small garage in Leeds Road, Thackley.

It will feature a selection of real ales but there will not be televisions, gaming machines or pool tables.

The proposed opening hours are noon to 10pm daily.

The site is currently used as a florists called Rose and has a Matisse Hair Studio next door and a flat above.

Colin Townend, the husband of applicant Christine Townend, owns the building.

He would be co-owner of micropub with his wife, if the application is approved by Bradford Council.

Mr Townend, 58, who is a semi-retired builder, and has now become a member of the Micropub Association.

He said: "It would be the smallest pub in Bradford.

"Are the pubs around here are shut. There is nowhere close to go for a drink. You have to travel now.

"There will be room for about 15 customers.

"I have joined the Micropub Association. We need to get the ales right and provide good service.

"I have never done anything like this before. It is a new venture for me.

"It will be good for local people. I'm fed up with tellies in pubs. You can't talk to people in pubs now.

"It would give the area a boost too. Hopefully it can take off."

A design and access statement submitted with the planning application states: "The proposal is a single room focusing on providing good cask or hand-pumped beer and real cider sourced from local breweries.

"There will be no TV, gaming machines, music, pool tables.

"The proposal will add positivity to the local community and give financial support to the local brewing industry."

The application has won the support of some residents who have commented on it on the Council's website.

One of them, Anthony Cheetham-Hudson, of Crag Hill Road, Thackley, said: "In Thackley we have seen the demise of a popular public house leaving only one within easy reach. Another bar will create interest."

Another, Rachel Murley, of Glenside Road, Shipley, said: “I support this application because it will be another place to socialise.

“There is only one pub in the close area of Thackley.

“It would give people a choice of places to go.

“I think this is what Thackley needs to bring people back together again.”

A micropub is a one-room pub. The concept is attributed to publican Martyn Hillier and his pub, The Butchers Arms, in Herne, Kent, which opened in 2005.

In 2013, there were 15 micropubs in England, Scotland and Wales. A year later there were more than 40 and now 100 are registered with the Micropub Association.