UP to 75 homes could be built on the site of a former quarry in Brighouse following a planning bid.

The scheme, by landowner Hard York Ltd, is for the 1.8 hectare disused Pond Quarry site at Lightcliffe Road, in the town.

A hybrid application has been submitted to Calderdale Council by agents KPP Architects for engineering works to fill in the quarry and outline planning for the housing development.

The site is bounded by Lightcliffe Road to the east and existing residential properties to the other sides.

In addition the land is currently allocated for housing in the unitary development plan and is also a proposed housing site in the draft Local Plan

In a design and access statement accompanying the plans, it states that the site has not been used as a quarry for approximately 50 years. It is overgrown with foliage and there are a number of derelict buildings on the land.

It adds that there would be one point of access from Granny Hall Lane leading to traditional estate roads and drives to each plot.

A reserved matters application would be required to "create a modern detached / semi-detached 2-2.5 storey development with the opportunity for some 3 storey dwellings and the introduction of smaller terrace blocks in keeping with some of the surrounding built form".

There would also be shared public courtyards "to provide security and encourage a community ethos whilst retaining flexibility for parking".

The plans would also keep an existing tree buffer to the north of the site.

"The form, scale and design of the proposed dwellings will complement the nature of the surrounding built environment, maintaining the overall character of the residential area providing much needed high quality housing," the documents state.

Reports have been compiled on the strategy to backfill the site, including the type of material, and a transport statement for both the infill operation and the housing estate itself, has been drawn up too.

The report on infilling the site outlines that more than 100,000 cubic metres of material would need to be delivered to the site in order to level it out ready for development.

Based on ten deliveries to the site per day, using 20 tonnes tipper trucks, the infill operation would take approximately three years to complete.

Hard York sent out 8,500 leaflets to local residents as part of public consultation over their plans.

Only a small number of people responded to their online feedback form, with 15 out of 25 not in support of the proposals.

Concerns were expressed about the disruption from bringing materials to the site to backfill the quarry, and that Granny Hall Lane would struggle to cope with the volume of large vehicles required to bring in these materials.

Hard York has responded saying that all deliveries of material to fill in the site, would be outside of peak hours, five days a week, as stipulated in the transport statement.

The lorries would use an existing site access point along the eastern boundary near Lightcliffe Road, and would only add 20 vehicle movements to the road network per day, the firm states.

A decision is expected to be made by Calderdale Council planners towards the end of September.