A PLAN to build ten large homes on spare land at a golf club is being backed by Bradford planning officers, despite some objections.

Shipley Golf Club in Beckfoot Lane, Bingley, is selling a half hectare plot of land to a Leeds-based developer and two years ago outline planning consent was given for a 27-house development on a larger area at the same site which never went ahead.

But Bradford Council's regulatory and appeals committee on Thursday will consider the new proposal for a mix of ten three and five bedroom properties on the roughly rectangular parcel of land which slopes up from Hazel Beck within the club's grounds.

Planning officers have noted that the application is within all guidelines and they highlight the need for more developments to meet the National Planning Policy Framework.

"It is clear that Bradford has experienced just such a sizeable and persistent under delivery of housing over an extended period," states the report to councillors

" It is also clear that unless sites such as that at Beckfoot Lane are successfully implemented and brought to the market this under supply will not only remain unmet, but could also grow significantly worse.

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"This in turn will have severe impacts on the prospects for regeneration in the district and will exacerbate existing and growing problems of overcrowding and long waiting lists for social housing which already exist in parts of the district."

If approved, there would also an education contribution of £16,014 towards local primary schools and also £4,848 towards improved play equipment in Myrtle Park Bingley, and £9,200 towards improving a footpath from Bingley to the South Pennine Moors.

However, some 24 formal objections raise issues including: increased traffic and congestion on Beckfoot Lane, further pressure on local infrastructure and schools, increased risk of flooding, adverse effect on wildlife and the availability of brownfield sites elsewhere.

The proposal is recommended for approval by the regulatory and appeals committee.

Mike Brown, managing secretary of Shipley golf club, which has some 500 members, said it was not involved in the development proposed by Arncliffe Homes, of Leeds.

"We're just selling off some surplus land that we don't use and the development is up to Arncliffe," Mr Brown said.

"It's a portion of land by the car park which we never use and any money made from this will be used to sustain and develop the club and course in the years to come."