Plans to build almost 300 homes have been sent to planners.

NJ (2002) Ltd wants to build the homes at land next to Wade House Avenue at Shelf.

The company has submitted the full application care of PB Planning Ltd to Calderdale Council.

It covers the proposed homes, landscaping and associated infrastructure.

The application is one of a number being submitted by different developers for Shelf, one of the areas of Calderdale where residents are concerned about large numbers of new homes.

In November, around 700 homes were leafleted  by the developer about the application and ward councillors were also offered the opportunity to meet with them.

STEN Architecture-produced supporting papers submitted with the application say the site will be accessed off Wade House Road.

According to masterplanning documents forms the eastern phase which could be developed on adjacent sites, the other, also allocated for housing in the Local Plan approved by Calderdale Council last year, potentially providing land for around 170 more new homes.

Of the 298 homes, 38 will be two-bedroomed homes, 113 three-bedroom homes and 147 four-bedroom homes.

The developer says 67 of these (22.5 per cent) are classed as “affordable”, including 38 two-bedroom homes (of which 22 will be bungalows) and 29 three-bedroom homes.

They will be laid out in a design which mixes terraced, semi-detached and detached homes.

Homes will feature photovoltaic panels and a waste water heat recovery energy system.

A new parking area for existing homes on Wade House Road forms part of the application, according to supporting statements.

“Urban spaces” at regular intervals, tree planting, landscaping and walking routes through the site also form part of the application, and another feature is a central square.

A public right of way between the proposed eastern and western phases outlined above will be retained and upgraded, and a pedestrian, cycling and emergency link will connect the adjacent housebuilding phases at a location agreed with adjacent developers – if both applications were successful.

STEN says: "The design team have engaged with the local authority and developers of an adjacent parcel to create a holistic solution that works well.”

The application – number 23/01039/FUL – documents can be viewed on the council’s Planning Portal.