DEVELOPERS behind plans to build a new supermarket in Silsden are due to meet town councillors tonight.

Keighley News: Wendy Neville, left, and Anna Young with their petition against the proposed Silsden supermarket Wendy Neville, left, and Anna Young with their petition against the proposed Silsden supermarket Silvermantle representatives will outline their proposals for a 2,709 square metre store with car park and petrol station, on land next to Keighley Road.

The company had hoped Bradford Council would discuss its application this month, but the matter has been put back to a future date.

District and town councillor Adrian Naylor said he understood Bradford Council did not want to decide the application until it had spoken to other developers to gain a full picture of all projects planned in the immediate Keighley Road area.

Silvermantle submitted its planning application for the site of the former Becks Mill last year with the intention that Tesco would build the supermarket.

Tesco recently pulled out of the project, but Silvermantle hopes to re-market the site to other major supermarket chains in the future. Planning permission, if approved, will last three years.

A petition against the supermarket plan, organised by Silsden women Wendy Neville and Anna Young, has now attracted 833 signatures.