More than 30 affordable homes could be built on the site of a former school.

Bradford Council has submitted an application to its planning department for 33 houses on the former Ilkley Middle School site on Valley Drive.

The proposed development of two, three and four-bedroom homes includes nine houses which would be social rented properties.

Other homes would be sold, with possible shared equity or rent-to-buy arrangements.

The development is part of a Bradford Council housing service bid to provide 80 new affordable homes in the district before 2015.

A strip of the neighbouring recreation field could be lost as part of the development, although there are no plans to build on the rest of the field, which is designated as recreation land.

Councillor Martin Smith (Con, Ilkley) said yesterday he would be objecting to the plans as they stand, although he is supportive of the affordable housing scheme in principle.

He said he objected to losing a five metre strip of playing fields land.