Developers behind a huge scheme of more than 400 homes on countryside say they will consult the public ahead of applying for planning permission next month.

Redrow Homes and Bellway Homes will submit the application to Bradford Council in the next few weeks for the controversial scheme in Sty Lane, Mickethwaite, near Bingley.

But campaigners in Greenhill Action Group (GAG), who say the development will cover swathes of land by the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, have hit out at the consultation as “a sham”.

A previous application was submitted in March last year. It is expected to be withdrawn when the new bid is lodged at the beginning of March.

Details of the plans were due to be available from today at stylane.co.uk and there will be a public exhibition at St Aidan’s Church Hall, Crossflatts, between 3pm and 8pm on Friday, February 18, and from 10am to 1pm on Saturday, February 19.

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