THE chairman of a residents' association is facing a backlash from neighbours for the impact building work on his home is having.

A single-storey extension is being built at a property belonging to Yassar Taj, chairman of the Parkside Resident's Association, in Newill Close, West Bowling.

But neighbours have criticised the way the work is being carried out saying vehicles have "ruined" grass banks in Newill Close and Lingcroft Green outside the property, leaving large tyre tracks in their wake.

During the work, which started on Thursday, builders have been using a number of diggers for their work on the extension.

The vehicles have been parked up on nearby Tristram Avenue away from the property and travelling down the grass banks and footpaths towards an alleyway at the back of the house which leads to a field.

The extension work was granted planning permission by Bradford Council on September 9 this year after being received in July.

But residents have critcised the impact of the work, saying the grass banks they have been maintaining all year have been ruined by the building vehicles.

Angela Palmer, who has lived on Newill Close for the last 20 years, said: "They have ruined the grass.

"It's just a mess. It's an absolute joke. There are loads of little kids who come out here to play on the grass too.

"How can they play out there now? We have been crying out for a play area for ages round here."

Adele Archer, also of Newill Close, added: "We have kept this grass nice all summer and know it's ruined. I have worked hard on it myself all year.

"It's ridiculous. I'm fuming. It's disgusting.

"They started work on it on Thursday and we don't know how long it will go on for. It has caused a lot of problems already.

"Everybody has got to walk through it. I clean up the grass all of the time.

"You do not know where to stand or walk around here.

"We all cut our own little patch. We all do our own bit."

A Bradford Council spokesman said no permit was needed to use the vehicles on the land for the construction work, but permission would need to be sought if the land was privately ownedy

Mr Taj did not want to comment when approached by the Telegraph & Argus about the complaints.