Shipley MP Chris Leslie has branded the design of homes planned for a controversial site in Gilstead as alien and like "Lego-land".
Bryant Homes has been given outline permission to build 400 homes off Warren Lane - 144 initially and the rest after the Bingley relief road is built.
The detailed plans were submitted in 1996 and left in abeyance pending a public inquiry and appeal. Now proposals for the first phase of homes are to be considered by Bradford Council.
And, despite losing the battle to stop them being built, Mr Leslie says he is determined to improve their appearance.
He has written to Peter Bridgman, Shipley's principal planning officer, and members of the town and country planning (Shipley area) sub-committee to make his feelings known.
He said: "The first houses will set the tone for the rest which will follow once the Bingley relief road is built.
"They are straight commuter- belt, off the shelf-type housing with no village centre, shops, doctors' surgery or village square. There is no inclusion of community facilities and they are all higgledy-piggledy."
His letter said the houses were of a "Lego-land" design alien to the area. He added: "It is really unacceptable to destroy agricultural areas forming vital green spaces between a town and a village and then cram in 144 dwellings.
"The applicant had not given enough thought to the impact on schools, highways and medical facilities and there was only a token attempt to provide open public green areas."
Mr Leslie is also calling for significant use of real stone and slate roofing.
Bryant Homes marketing manager Rose Gardner said: "The whole purpose of a planning application is to give people an opportunity to comment, and this is what our application is aimed at doing."
Mr Bridgman said that more than 100 objections had been lodged, but all applications were considered on their own merit.
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