The announcement today that developers Westfield have put forward revised plans for the giant Broadway shopping scheme will be widely welcomed.

There are those - driven, perhaps, by Bradford's traditional lack of self-confidence - who feared the fact that Westfield were taking their time over doing so meant they were on the verge of changing their minds about the proposal or even trying to renegotiate the scheme completely.

That a detailed plan has now been put forward is proof positive that Westfield have very sensibly carried out an in-depth appraisal of the scheme before committing a final version to paper.

There will be some disappointment that the revised plan does not include the innovative underground car park envisaged by the former developers, Stannifer.

But what's more important is that Westfield appears to have stuck to the basic outline of the scheme and has managed to accommodate the vital requirement of 1,800 car parking spaces in another way - and in such a way that should avoid the project having to be called in for another inquiry and should deliver the scheme on target by 2008.

What's crucial now is that the fine detail of the changes is thought through properly by the planners: the high-rise car park must not be allowed to damage Bradford's skyline and there will need to be careful discussion to avoid the new parking entrance off Hall Ings creating traffic chaos at peak times.

Those aspects of the plan will require very close scrutiny but, for now, let's give Westfield the credit they're due for showing such confidence in Bradford.

It's a trait more Bradfordians would do well to adopt.