Residents living in the tiny village of Goose Eye are furious that a developer changed his plans long after being granted planning permission.

Ian Ball, who lives on the outskirts of Goose Eye, at the top of Fell Lane, claims the original development was already too large and that the new plans will totally destroy the village.

Mr Ball says: "They are now planning to do 41 flats and 11 houses. In the area where it is there are only 26 residences so they are going to more than double the number in that little hamlet."

The plan to redevelop the derelict Turkey mill was granted planning permission in 1991 despite numerous objections but now developers have decided to build even more homes.

Mr Ball says there will be no room to walk in the narrow streets when all the construction traffic is going passed and the village will be changed forever. He adds: "I don't know where the hell they are going to park all the cars. You have only got to park one car and the road is blocked."

A spokesman from the Keighley planning department says planning councillors will make a decision on the application when it comes to committee level in the near future.

Ralph Stocks, the architect for the development, says: "The present application is for exactly the same number as the previous application.

"The plans have changed but they are exactly the same size."

He says the increase in the number of homes is based upon an existing 1991 planning application and adds the increase has come about because some of the flats in the old mill homes have been made smaller.

He adds the reason for the newly submitted application is because the location of some of the houses outside of the mill has been altered but stresses there is no increase in the layout of the development.