Campaigners today pledged to battle on after looking set to lose a legal effort to stop a children's home being built.

They vowed to take the fight all the way to the House of Lords if necessary to prevent the home going ahead at Netherlands Square, Low Moor, Bradford.

They had tried to get the land allocated "village green" status, making it untouchable for development.

However, a Government planning inspector has ruled that even though children play on the land not enough adults use it so it does not qualify for the special status.

But protesters, who set up a camp and won a public inquiry over the development, said they had not given up.

Rachael Williams, who has an 11-year-old daughter, said: "We are bruised and battered by the decision but we are not down and out.

"This is not the end. There is too much at stake.

"They should not be able to take it away and do what they have done."

She said they would be looking at an appeal and would be prepared to take it to highest court in the land - the House of Lords - if necessary.

"We are not happy with the process," she said.

"We feel stitched by Bradford Council."

Campaigners will now attend the Council's licensing committee meeting on Wednesday at which members are being recommended to accept the inspector's decision to reject the village-green bid.

The Low Moor home plan was one of five proposed venues for new children's homes across the district suggested by Bradford Council.

The Council wants to cut the huge amounts it spends sending youngsters needing care out of the district because of the lack of spaces to house them locally.

A Bradford Council spokesman said: "We are awaiting the outcome of the meeting.

"It is now up to the committee members to decide if they go with the inspector's decision."