Guiseley residents will this morning attend a public inquiry into housebuilder Redrow's controversial bid to build 98 homes in the area.
A government inspector will be considering an appeal by Redrow against Leeds council's refusal to grant planning permission to build 98 dwellings on Netherfield Road in Guiseley.
Campaign group Aireborough Civic Society claims the proposals will lead to another 200 cars on roads that are already congested at weekends and at peak times Monday to Friday.
The appeal begins at 10am in Leeds Civic Hall in Leeds.
Aireborough Civic Society spokesman Clive Woods said:
"We shall be asking the planning inspector to reject this appeal because of the extra congestion it will bring to the area and because there is sufficient building land on brownfield sites and the fact that hundreds of new homes already have planning permission and have not been built.
"The A65 is already overloaded and there is planning permission already for over 2500 new homes that have not been built. That means roughly 5,000 more cars adding to the gridlock at weekends and peak times. It really is incredible that this application has been submitted given that we do not yet know the full impact of over 200 houses on the Crompton Parkinson site just a few yards away, not to mention the 391 homes not yet built on the High Royds site.
"Our environment and infrastructure just cannot cope with any more homes even before all the developments with planning permission are built.
"We know that it is extremely important that as many residents as possible attend the beginning of this appeal as it will show the inspector that we care about what happens to Guiseley, and it will help make the case for keeping the green field site."
In 2007 planning permission for the Netherfield Road site was refused by Leeds council, following a campaign by the Guiseley Against Overdevelopment group.
The planning inquiry is expected to last six days.
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