PLANS for a new mosque in Blackburn are set to be approved tonight .

The Islamic Academy UK has submitted a planning application for land in Moss Street, Blackburn, to be used as the site for a new mosque.

A four-storey residential college is already based on the site near to the River Blakewater.

The proposal being considered tonight consists of a four-storey building which will house a mosque at ground floor and classrooms on the upper three floors, plus a car park.

Four letters of objection have been received by the planning department at the council.

Residents complained that Moss Street is already a street which suffers from a lack of parking, and the new mosque would make the situation worse.

They also point out that the local Territorial Army is also based on the street, as well as a community centre and a garage which repairs old buses -- all of which already make the street congested.

Despite their concerns, councillors sitting on the planning and highways committee are being urged to back the scheme.