Pico Properties LLP wants to create a new car dealership with eight flats above at the former Jaguar garage on the Stratford Road.
It promises a ‘prestigious franchiser’ will run the showroom, creating 10 to 12 jobs.
The developer’s submission says: “The premises have been vacant since 2006 and are an eyesore in this prominent location.”
The building is “wholly unsuitable” for re-use, it says.
A 2006 bid to build 96 flats was thrown out while a plan to replace the dealership was refused two years later.
There would be 22 car parking spaces for customers and 12 for residents under the new plan.
Read the full planning application here.
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