More than 30 people in Yeadon are objecting to plans to build a two-storey block of flats on a site which they say is in the midst of sheltered accommodation for the elderly.

Residents from Albert Square and Carlton Terrace claim the four flats with communal facilities will not fit in to the surrounding area and will aggravate car parking problems.

The objections lodged with Leeds City Council's planning department, argue that the proposed building - intended for people with learning difficulties - is too large and overbearing.

They say the scheme, which would be located in the midst of sheltered bungalows, and would be near terraced housing, does not fit in with the area.

They claim that at a height of 9.1m the development would be substantially taller that many of the neighbouring homes.

Residents objecting to the scheme say the eastern part of Yeadon is characterised by the survival of 19th and early 20th century stone terraced housing, which was once associated with the local textile industry.

And they say the building will provide an intrusive and unsympathetic' contrast with the blackened gritstone of Carlton Terrace.

Aireborough Civic Society is also opposing the plans. It says: "The Yeadon Conservation Area is due for re-appraisal and it is anticipated that it will be extended and could well include the land that is in this application.

"It is the society's view that the design of this building is not sympathetic with the surrounding Victorian stone terraced houses. The roof height is too high and the style will clash with existing old buildings. The choice of buff coloured bricks is not typical of the area."