CONTROVERSIAL planning applications for Silsden and Eastburn could be decided next week, says a local politician.

Cllr Andrew Mallinson has been told by a senior Bradford council official that the three proposed developments are set for discussion on Wednesday.

He said the special meeting of the council’s Regulatory and Appeals committee has been organised due to the high number of major applications awaiting decisions.

The applications concern a supermarket off Keighley Road in Silsden, 62 houses at Town Head in Silsden, and 31 houses off Main Road in Eastburn.

All have been the subject of recent campaigns by residents who claim the new developments will put adverse pressure on existing infrastructures such as roads, schools or shops.

Cllr Mallinson hoped that by discussing all three applications at the same meeting, planners will be encouraged to address the infrastructure needs of the Craven ward as a whole.

He said: “The applications highlight the growth within this particular section of Bradford district, and still there seems to be little infrastructure to support it.”

Cllr Mallinson said each of the three projects would be discussed at Wednesday’s meeting if council planning officers had completed their reports on each application.