CAMPAIGNERS are gearing up to fight against a developer's plans to build a new housing estate in Bradford.

The application, if successful, would see 151 homes built on land off Leaventhorpe Lane, Fairweather Green,

It would consist of a mixture of two to four-bedroom homes, made up of detached, semi-detached, and terraced housing, including some affordable properties, the number of which developer Alcuin Homes is yet to decide.

The plans have met with some opposition and residents were invited to share their concerns yesterday, at a meeting organised by the 'Save the Green in Fairweather Green' group.

Their main objections focus on issues surrounding draining and flooding, loss of home insurance and devaluation of homes, traffic congestion, loss of recreational greenspace, wildlife and conservation, the character and layout of the development, underdeveloped brownfield sites, limited school places as well as oversubscribed doctor and dentist surgeries.

John Fox, who is part of the Keep Clayton Green Action Group, was on hand to give advice about how people could object.

The Clayton group fought a long-running battle against Barratt Homes's plans to build 99 houses in the village, but the development was given the green light last month.

Mr Fox said: "You must get your objections in. What you've got to find is that one killer argument that will stop this development. Really think about the key thing that is going to stop this, that might ultimately kill it stone dead."

Councillor Sinead Engel (Lab, Clayton and Fairweather Green) said infrastructure in the area is "bursting as it is" and raised concerns about access to GPs and school places, particularly in light of the planned Clayton development and a new estate in Allerton.

She said: "We've got to make sure we have got these holistic views recorded and make people who don't live in the area understand. It's up to us to make them understand why it's wrong."

Residents were encouraged to gather any photographic evidence they thought may help in objection and an appeal was also put out to help with the cost of carrying out surveys. Barratt had previously put in plans to build around 180 houses on the site, but those proposals were shelved.