AN overgrown plot of land that has been empty for over a decade will be transformed into a mini industrial park.

A planning application to build six industrial units on the site on the edge of the city centre was approved by Bradford Council this week.

Bordered by Birksland Street, Birkshall Lane and a rail line, the site has been empty since at least 2006, is now covered with wild vegetation.

It is also a regular target of fly-tippers.

The application to build the industrial units and a 22-space car park was submitted by a Mr Hussain earlier this year.

The units will range in size from 176 square metres to 279 square metres, and the newly-approved plans will allow them to be used for storage and distribution or general industrial use.

Council officers say the site had previously been used for industrial works until 2006, when all the buildings on the land were demolished.

The site had also previously been home to a dye works.

The application was approved on the condition that details of vehicle and pedestrian access to the site were provided before work starts, and that the car park is completed before any of the units are occupied.

The developers will also have to check if the land is contaminated, or close to any mine shafts before construction work starts.

Meanwhile plans to bring another vacant Bradford site into employment use have been submitted to the Council.

Jamie Bairstow and Mark Bell have submitted a planning application to install three linked portable cabin employment buildings on Foresters Yard, Lower George Street, Wibsey.

The land is behind the Ancient Forrester’s pub on High Street.

That is also a site that has been empty for many years, having been cleared in 2009.

The application says the proposals will create 12 jobs. There will be spaces for 12 cars, three disability spaces and two cycle spaces.

It adds: “The proposed use is intended to provide suitable accommodation for small local businesses and is proposed on a speculative basis.

Should planning permission be approved, the applicant will then market the site and seek to identify a suitable occupier for each unit, which will be made available on a leasehold basis.

“It is proposed that the use of the buildings will be within Class B1, which will enable the buildings to be occupied either as offices, research and development or in light industrial use, all of which are appropriate in a residential area.”

The application says there are no similar units in the area that were suitable for similar businesses.

A decision on the application is expected in January.