Controversial plans to build houses on a former quarry have been dealt another blow as residents vow to fight a new bid by developers to build a second access road to the site.

An outline planning application for the Waterhouse Denbigh site in Bolton Woods was submitted by developers Ennstone plc in 1995 amid strong protest from residents.

Bradford councillors said they would give the go-ahead for the application - involving 210 homes - if the developers signed a legal agreement laying down conditions for the project, which would oblige them to install traffic lights on Wrose Road.

But now the developers are refusing to sign the document and are asking the council to approve a revised application, which would allow them to build a second access road to the site serving 90 houses from Bolton Hall Road.

The new plans have sparked an outcry from residents.

Brenda Poole, 54, who lives in Bolton Hall Road, said: "On the evenings and at the weekend Bolton Hall Road is choc-a-block with cars and lorries on both sides of the road as it is.

"We just don't want this new access route. If Bolton Hall Road was wider then that might ease things a little but as it is it's dangerous for traffic and pedestrians."

Doris Sutcliffe, 71, who also lives in Bolton Hall Road, said: "The residents don't want this new road at all.

"We have quarry wagons coming up and down seven days a week as it is and this new route will cause more noise and more congestion."

Councillor Phil Thornton (Lab, Shipley East) said the proposed development would produce about 88 extra car journeys along Bolton Hall Road.

He said: "We've also got to take into consideration the injury-accident concern over the last five years on the road. If we were to achieve traffic calming measures on the back of an application, that would be an improvement."

Coun Tony Miller (Lab, Shipley East) added that residents needed to know more from the Council's highway's department before a firm decision could be made.

He said: "Before we can come to any strong conclusion, we need to know more highway information and call a further meeting with the residents it affects the most."

The revised application will go before the planning committee in early April. Objections must be made in writing to the Council before then.

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