Permission to build almost 140 homes in the city, including a number of affordable properties, has been granted by Bradford Council.

A total of 110 homes will be constructed off Rooley Avenue, Odsal, and 27 affordable homes will be built in Hendford Drive, Pollard Park, after the separate schemes were approved by the Regulatory and Appeals Committee which met at City Hall yesterday.

Persimmon Homes was granted permission for the Odsal development after it slightly revised its original plan for the 2.7 hectare, brownfield site next to the Bradford Bulls ground.

Fifteen of the properties will be affordable and they will be grouped in rows of three in areas around the site for maintenance convenience The site was a priority for development and has been lying vacant since a former hospital was pulled down, the committee was told. The houses will be two or two and a half storeys and have two, three or four bedrooms.

A report compiled by the Council’s major developments manager, John Eyles, was presented to the panel, addressing issues brought up at a previous meeting on May 20.

A lengthy list of conditions were put in place including for the developers to ensure the informal recreation area is level and its boundaries fenced to make it a safe place for children to play.

A ‘residents-only’ parking scheme will be imposed, which will see each property given a couple of permits to allow them to park outside their property. The homes will also all have at least one dedicated parking space.

Developers were also ordered to pay £440,121 towards improving education in the Wyke ward.

Gareth Lloyd, planner for Persimmon Homes, said: “We hope to begin work in a couple of months. We took away the issues raised by yourselves at the previous meeting and have resolved those issues.”

Among those issues was a commitment to plant up to 60 trees and an aim to retain any healthy trees on the site.

Councillor Imran Khan (Lab, Bowling and Barkerend) said: “There is a massive need for housing in Bradford. I think the developers have gone a long way to address our concerns and find solutions.”

The second application granted, submitted by Firebird Homes, was to build 27 affordable homes, with parking, on a vacant site on Henford Drive which was cleared of housing several years ago. The plans were also welcomed by committee members who noted there was a huge need for social housing.