A bid to build Bradford's first Kashmir community centre on the site of a former warehouse faces being turned down.

Officers recommend Bradford Council's planning committee to turn down a planning application for the multi-thousand pound development on Thursday.

The officers feel it will hit the character of the area and bring extra traffic, especially in the evenings.

Councillors will be told that the site is close to houses and it is "highly likely" that families living there would be affected by activities at the centre.

But the officers say the applicant has failed to give information about numbers expected to attend the centre, the opening times and anticipated traffic flows.

The officers say there is no adequate explanation for the lack of information.

A report from officers due to be presented to the committee says a petition has been submitted.

But they add that it is really "no more than a list of names", with no heading or other reliable context on the documents.

The proposed centre includes a sports hall - which could double up as a function suit for weddings - a theatre, music hall and snooker/pool centre.

There would be a car park and facilities at the centre for children and old people.

The site in Northside Terrace, Northside Road, is currently empty.

There have been two applications in recent years for houses to be built on the site, but both have been refused.

Today Coun Sajawil Hussain (Lab, University) said he hoped the difficulties would be resolved to help the 40,000 Kashmir community but could not comment on them.

But he said: "There is absolutely nothing for this community and it is desperately needed.

"I would like to see something happen. Something like this is desperately needed."

Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.