AN MP is calling for residents to unite to oppose a development at a Huddersfield beauty spot.

Jason McCartney has called a public meeting next week to oppose plans to build on Lindley Moor.

Earlier this month Miller Homes put in a planning application for 300 homes at the site on the edge of Huddersfield.

And Stirling Scotfield has re-submitted a proposal to build a data centre on the moor, which is next to the M62.

Mr McCartney has organised a public meeting against the plans at Lindley Methodist Church at 7pm, Friday, July 8.

The Conservative said yesterday: “There are a lot of people working hard on this in their separate ways but I want to bring everyone together.”

Mr McCartney has invited Lindley Moor Action Group and the three Lindley councillors to next week’s meeting to try to build a united opposition to the proposals.

The Conservative MP does not believe the area can cope with 300 new homes.

“These plans would cause chaos in Lindley,” he said.

“Lindley Junior School is already so over-subscribed that even some children with siblings at the school are not getting a place.

“The roads in Lindley are getting clogged up because the area is getting very, very busy.

“We can’t keep getting bigger and bigger, we need to develop brownfield sites.”

Mr McCartney added that Lindley residents were very concerned about the proposals.

“I’ve had a lot of emails about Lindley Moor and people are coming up to me to mention the issue,” he said.

“People were talking about it at Lindley Carnival at the weekend and there have been lots of letters in the Examiner.”

Developer Miller Homes has asked Kirklees for permission to build 300 homes on land between Cowrakes Road and Weatherhill Road.

The council has allocated the greenfield land for housing.

A separate plan to build a data centre on the corner of Lindley Moor Road and Crosland Road was refused permission last year after opposition from residents.

However, Stirling Scotfield has resubmitted the proposal to set up the centre, which would which would provide a secure site for businesses to house their computer servers.