A blueprint for the future of Burley-in-Wharfedale was due to be presented to councillors last night.

The Burley Parish Plan, which will be a working document for the future of the village, was on the agenda at a meeting of the Shipley Area Committee.

The committee, which was meeting in Burley last night, was being recommended to welcome the plan and to congratulate all those who had been involved in it.

Members were also asked to note the priorities within the plan, and the departments of Bradford Council are being asked to work closely with Burley Community Council and the future Burley Parish Council in implementing the suggestions.

The plan, which highlights issues of concern to people in the village, was drawn up after a two-stage consultation with villagers last year.

In its introduction it says: "A Parish Plan contains the hopes and aspirations of a community and the action to be taken to pursue them. It provides direction for elected parish councillors and becomes vital supporting evidence in seeking financial and other support from the district council and other bodies.

"Burley Community Council has prepared the Burley-in-Wharfedale and Burley Woodhead aspects of the Parish Plan for Ilkley Parish Council. This is an essential document for the village providing unique opportunity for all residents to have their opinions and wishes included in a plan that will become the working document for the future of Burley."

The document outlines how the village has grown over the last century.

"Industrialisation brought increasing population, and at the beginning of the 20th century when virtually all households depended upon the fortunes of the textile mills owned by William Fison and Company at Greenholme, there were just over 3,300 people.

"In the 100 years which have followed, the textile mills have closed, but the population has grown due to the attractiveness of the Wharfe valley for homes not too far from the industrial and commercial towns of West Yorkshire. In 2001 the population according to the census was about 6,500."

The plan identifies a number of issues of concern, including parking problems, congestion, speeding traffic, gully maintenance and phone masts.

It also highlights the need for a digital upgrade for the Wharfedale transmitter, and concerns over the future of Burley House Field.