A COMPANY is proposing to build seven new light industrial starter units at a Brighouse site.

Swanray Developments Ltd has applied to Calderdale Council seeking permission to build the units at the BSMW Products Limited site in Birds Royd Lane.

Existing buildings will be demolished to create the space to put the units up if planning permission is given.

A design and access statement with the application says an existing old industrial unit and two semi-derelict brick-and-stone built single-storey buildings will need to be demolished.

The company says the proposals will help boost employment in the area.

The seven units have a total floor area of 959 square metres and will have a maximum height of 6.9 metres, say supporting statements with the application.

It is planned there will be a block of four units in the middle of the site with a block of two units to the east and a single unit to the west of the site.

These will be served two new entrances off Birds Royd Lane, which will replace the existing access, say the papers.

Proposals include 21 off street car parking spaces within the site – for security reasons it is proposed that cycles or motor cycles would be stored within the units.