A DEVELOPER is planning to reduce the number of houses it builds as part of a controversial development.

Caddick Land was granted permission to build 146 homes on a large patch of green space near the M606.

But now the developer has applied to Bradford Council to alter these plans - changes that would see 133 homes built on the site instead.

If approved, the amendments will see plans to build 32 one bed homes on the site, South of Rooley Crescent, scrapped.

These smaller units would instead be replaced by more two and three bed homes on the site.

Controversial plans to build 146 homes on green space in South Bradford are approved

The development has proved to be one of the most controversial planning schemes in recent years.

It was originally refused in 2020 due to concerns of land contamination, extra traffic and the distance of the proposed homes from any bus stops.

An appeal against this decision was refused by a Government inspector, although that inspector dismissed the Council's reasons for refusal. Instead he claimed there were not enough affordable houses on the site, and no suitable drainage measures.

A second application for the site came before the Council's Regulatory and Appeals Committee in June, where officers said Caddick had addressed the concerns raised by the inspector. Members of the committee approved the plans.