A FORMER community farm could become an equipment store and training centre for council officials.
The site, on Old Fieldhouse Lane, off Leeds Road, Deighton, was set up in 1986 to bring the countryside to the town.
It featured animals such as goats, ducks and sheep.
Hundreds of families visited it, but the farm shut in 2001, when it hit cash trouble.
Since then, the Kirklees Council- owned site has stood empty.
Now, Kirklees Culture and Leisure Services have applied for permission to turn it into a horticultural depot and training centre.
The depot would be used to store equipment, while the centre would be used to train staff from the culture and leisure, parks and open spaces departments.
It could also be used to offer horticultural training for the public.
Another idea is to place `green' composting facilities and allotments on the site.
John Fletcher, assistant head of services for parks and open spaces, said: "The depot would be a base for parks and gardens staff and groundspeople to operate from. The application is just an outline. We don't have exact details worked out. But it is an idea we have had for a while."
A planning committee is expected to make a decision on the application in early July.
Culture and Leisure Services are the only organisation to have officially applied to develop the site.
But there are several other ideas for its use.
Councillors are trying to find `green' uses for the site, including organic vegetable plots for community groups.
Voluntary organisation Environment Concern also has plans.
It wants to reopen the community farm in a £500,000 scheme. It published a blueprint for the eight-acre site last year.
But there has been no progress since the group had talks with Kirklees.
The Tia Greyhound Rescue centre also asked about moving to the site from Sowerby Bridge. But nothing has been determined.
