OUTLINE plans for up to 31 homes on a green field off Green Lane, Eastburn, have been approved by Bradford Council's regulatory and appeals committee.
The plan includes 20 per cent affordable housing, various highways improvements, £32,000 towards local schools and £22,000 towards recreation.
One objector, Jean Ainsworth, of nearby Lyon Road, said Eastburn was at the boundary with North Yorkshire, and more new homes were planned for over the border.
Committee member Councillor Doreen Lee (Lab, Keighley East) said the Aire Valley had a sub-standard sewer system and she feared new homes would add to the problem.
She said: "I am concerned there is a stage where we as a council have to draw the line and do something about this sewage system in there, because I just do not see how long we can continue to go on building."
But the committee was told that the development's foul drainage system would have to be approved by the council before work started.
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