Residents are calling on Bradford Council to review a decision to remove bollards installed near their homes.

A group of householders in St Mary's Road, Laisterdyke, have collected 100 signatures from people who use the street, asking the authority to carry out a full consultation with residents.

They say the bollards stop the street being used as a short-cut by motorists.

Bradford North Area Committee decided in September to remove the bollards, which are situated at the entrance to a lane between St Mary's Road and Parsonage Road.

The committee had received a petition from residents in St Mary's Fold, a retired people's complex in the road, claiming the bollards made it difficult for larger vehicles, including their library service, access bus and emergency vehicles, to access the street.

But Sarah McCarten, who lives nearby, said the bollards had made the street safer for residents by stopping it being used as a cut-through from Parsonage Road to Sticker Lane. She said: “When the road’s not closed off cars use it as a thoroughfare to get to Sticker Lane and shoot down it to get to the shops at the bottom of the road. It’s quieter and safer with the bollards.

“We are calling for a review of the situation.”

Committee chairman Councillor David Ward said the matter will be looked at again when the committee meets on Thursday, February 18.

He said: “We thought we were very clear in our own minds what we had agreed to, which was the removal of the bollards which should never have been put up in the first place without a proper consultation taking place.

“We will be asking the officers to explain to the board why they have not implemented the recommendation.”

The Council granted a licence last year for the bollards to be installed after a resident provided evidence to show vibrations from vehicles using the unadopted lane were damaging a gable wall.

Simon D’Vali, the Council’s principal engineer for traffic and highways north, said: “We are investigating whether the public have acquired a legal right of way on this land over time. The land is privately owned.

“If such a right of way is established then we will need to review the current arrangement.”