VILLAGERS will get a chance to discuss day care for the elderly and the future of the High Royds Hospital site with top council officers at the next neighbourhood forum.

Bradford council officers will attend Menston Neighbourhood Forum on October 4, to talk about some of the issues of major concern in the village.

Representatives of the council's social services department will give an update on the future of provision for the elderly, after popular day centre Heather Court closes.

Although the closure date has not yet been announced, the council is preparing to provide replacement day care

services for Burley and Menston residents at Menston Hall.

People from Baildon and Shipley who currently use the centre will be found places at day care centres nearer their own homes.

Menston Village Design Statement team will also give a report on their progress at the forum, and principal planning officer Christopher Hughes will explain its role in the planning process.

Council officers are expected to give an update on the future of the High Royds Hospital site, and Menston Millennium Group will give their progress report.

The meeting will also include an open forum, in which residents can raise ideas or concerns which are not on the agenda.

Bradford Council officers say they will make an effort to listen to villagers' views and work on finding a solution to problems.

Neighbourhood forum co-ordinator Chris Flecknoe said: "We will go through any issue that is raised very vigorously. We take them back to the council, and often a report is produced for the next forum."

The forum is one of a number in the Shipley Constituency, and is run in conjunction with Menston Community Association.

The number of residents attending the meeting has grown in the past year, and the forum was forced to move from its usual meeting place at Kirklands Community Centre.

The forum will instead take place at Menston Primary School, St Peter's Way.