Councillors are preparing to rule on a controversial plan for Lindley Moor.

A day-long planning committee is planned with six major applications to be decided and the first is for industrial units and 252 houses at Peat Pond Farm off Lindley Moor Road.

A morning has been set aside for the Strategic Planning Committee to hear evidence in the Stirling Scotfield application, which says it has interest in the industrial site.

But the Lindley Moor Action Group are already calling for a decision to be postponed, telling the Examiner a revised traffic assessment needs to be done and a coordinated appraisal is needed of the public health and air quality issues arising from the traffic congestion.

Kirklees planners recommend councillors approve the plans, which saw just one person write in support, 59 against and a petition of 332 against.

But Kirklees may back-track on its own affordable housing policy, as the planning report says: “It is clear from the viability considerations... that there are significant constraints to development of the allocation.

“There would seem to be little prospect of the whole allocation coming forward for employment use and therefore it would be reasonable to consider alternative uses.”

Lindley Moor, Huddersfield - from Lindley Moor Road.

Kirklees officers add that the residential development will facilitate the two industrial units “with the potential to deliver up to 400 new jobs”.

The developer initially argues the affordable housing may make development unviable and proposed no affordable housing, but following negotiations they agreed to provide 37 units, which is 15% of the floor space instead of the 30% Kirklees requires.

The council, however, says it is “reasonable” and is willing to accept a lower number of affordable units, despite councillors previously saying the borough needs more affordable housing.

Residents remain unhappy with the plans – they argue there are no school places in the area; traffic will exacerbate existing problems near Ainley Top; air quality problems already exist and are likely to get worse and it is contrary to the council’s own planning policy.

The one person in support welcomes the industrial units, but objects to the loss of industry land for housing.

The application will be heard from 10am on Thursday at Huddersfield Town Hall.