The long-running row over the lighting of a Burley-in-Wharfedale pub looks set to continue because of a new planning application.

Tom Cobleigh Ltd, the firm which runs The Generous Pioneer, appeared to have resolved a difficult situation in December by agreeing to discuss future lighting plans with the local community.

But now the company, which is waiting to hear the result of an appeal against Bradford Council's refusal to grant permission for its blue strip lights, hopes to add even more lights to the pub. The application is to fix six lamps to the roof to illuminate its tower and weathervane.

Tom Cobleigh's property director Keith Bennett said it was based on a tasteful revised scheme.

"We wanted lights to highlight the weathervane on the pub but when I went to see what it would look like, it is fair to say I wasn't very happy," he said. "It was a bit of a corporate roll-out which looks great on certain buildings, but on a building like this one with a stone facade it did look a bit out of place. So I had our property people meet with the planners and come up with a different scheme."

Mr Bennett said even if the pub was successful in its appeal over the strip lights - which local residents say are garish and obtrusive - it had still to be decided if they would be switched back on.

The pub's bright and colourful lights have proved a long-running bone of contention in Burley.

Chairman of Burley Conservatives Matt Palmer was so enraged about the strip lights appeal that he even began calling for a boycott of the inn.

He also collected a 200-signature petition calling on Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott to uphold the original decision and keep the lights turned off.

Bradford councillor Chris Greaves (Con, Rombalds) said he was disappointed and surprised to hear that yet more illuminations could be heading to The Generous Pioneer.

"I don't see why they should have any more lights - it's a pub, not Blackpool Illuminations," he said.

"Whether the lights are tasteful or not, they will still be impacting on a conservation area and an area of natural beauty.

"Personally, I would like to see hardly any external lights there at all - just a few for safety and some in the car park."

A decision on the strip-lights appeal is not expected before the end of the month.

Planners are set to make their pronouncement on the new roof light plans next month.