Plans for new industrial units could create 80 new jobs in Bishop's Cleeve.

But the parish council has objected to the proposal for seven units, which is being discussed by Tewkesbury Borough Council's Planning Committee today (July 16).

If they get the go-ahead, the planned units will provide a total of 11,421.1sq m of space to be used for industrial, workshop, warehouse, storage or distribution. Plans include ancillary office accommodation, new access, parking and landscaping.

The proposed individual buildings are of varying sizes and each designed with the flexibility to be sub-divided, configured or combined to meet the demands of the business market.

The application site is approximately 2.53 hectares of land to the west of Bishop's Cleeve and north of Stoke Road. It is part of a wider mixed-use development, including employment, open space, housing, a rugby club and waste management centre.

The site is allocated as part of a Major Employment Site in the Tewkesbury Borough Local Plan. The proposal would seek to provide between 70 and 80 jobs when all units are occupied and in operation.

The plans have been amended to allay some of the concerns of Bishop's Cleeve Parish Council, but the council still has objections on a number of grounds:

• Unsuitable development - the parish council believes the development is overbearing and out of proportion to the size of the site and its location on a narrow B road

• Lack of noise protection - the acoustic barriers are only positioned on the north side of the development and at 4m sit below the mezzanine level of the proposed buildings. They will offer little noise protection to the houses on the new development to the north of the site.

• Size of development - the parish objects to the scale of the development, when compared against the planning history of the site for the scheme that was granted a total of 6,880sq m.

• Operating times - the parish objects to there being no stipulation of operating times.

Neighbouring Stoke Orchard and Tredington Parish Council is also concerned that the plans would significantly increase industrial/ heavy goods traffic trying to access the proposed industrial estate.

But Tewkesbury Borough Council is in support of the development, with the location of the buildings within Bishop's Cleeve meaning local jobs, which would enable people to work and live in the area in sustainable manner.

Council officers recommend that the committee permits the planning application.