MORE than 50 homes could be built on a village’s former station yard.

Outline permission is being sought for a development of up to 53 houses on the site in New School Lane, Cullingworth.

Three residents have so far objected online to the application, submitted by Wild Acres Ltd.

They fear that with a scheme for more than 200 houses already under way at another village site, Manywells, roads would be unable to cope with the increased traffic.

Opponents also claim schools and other community facilities are oversubscribed and that the new houses would have an overbearing effect on some existing properties.

The village council will debate the application at its next planning meeting at the Methodist Church, The Dell, at 7pm on March 16, to which residents are invited.

Its chairman, Cllr Jacqui Guy, said: “There was an application for housing on this site back in 2008 but there are substantial differences “Some of those properties on the site boundary would be quite dominant. Also, we don’t want to see trees massacred and the land will be contaminated so the applicant will have to provide evidence that has been dealt with.”

Matthew Taylor, for agent HOW Planning, said: “We have provided a transport statement and have put forward a number of measures to improve the highways infrastructure,” he said.

“We held a community consultation event and are taking on board what people told us.”