Householders in four more parts of the Bradford district are to be consulted about a review of the conservation areas they live in.

Residents of Micklethwaite, Brunthwaite, Clayton and Great Horton are being asked to take part in the review to see how it could affect them.

It is part of Bradford Council's reassessment of more than 50 conservation areas across the district.

Residents in each of the areas are being asked to give their own ideas about how the conservation areas should develop.

Any feedback will be used to develop individual conservation plans and could even help shape planning policy.

The aims are to define and record the features of each conservation area, look at whether the current boundaries need to be updated, raise awareness of what a conservation area is for and flag up any work that needs to be done to protect or improve an area.

The process has been welcomed by Dan Eaton, who lives in Great Horton and teaches history at Clayton CE Primary School.

He said: "It is a really good idea and would certainly help improve the character of the area and help build the community atmosphere in the village.

"Great Horton Road runs right through Great Horton village and one of the plans being looked at is the management of traffic in a way more in keeping with the buildings in the area."

Mr Eaton believes such a plan, which gives the village back to pedestrians without resorting to speed cameras and traffic lights, would bring the community back together.

Mr Eaton added: "The history of Clayton seems to be a lot better preserved and it retains its village atmosphere.

"The conservation area project there is more to do with keeping the process going more than putting things right. I think that Clayton is at the stage Great Horton could be in ten years' time."

But Mr Eaton, who also works as a youth leader at St John's The Evangelist in Great Horton, said: "I do not live in a listed building but it is in a conservation area and if this plan goes ahead we would have to ask permission to make changes to our house."

Councillor John Godward (Con, Great Horton) said: "I hope that planners will relax their attitude to cheaper, wood-effect PVC window frames; it is the visual aspect that matters and not whether people use modern materials or not.

"But I also hope the new system will revitalise some of the empty shops here in Great Horton."

Councillor Anne Hawkesworth, executive member for the environment, added: "We want to encourage residents and businesses to give their views on the future of their areas and how they can be preserved for the benefit of everyone."

Copies of the assessments for Clayton and Horton are available from Bradford planning office and local libraries.

Brunthwaite's is available at the Keighley planning office and Silsden library, while the assessment for Micklethwaite is available at the Shipley planning office and at Bingley Library.