HOUSES are to be demolished in Gomersal to help create 21 new homes. The modest estate will be built on 1.8 acres of fields close to Gomersal Primary School. Existing properties at number 7 and 11 Church Lane will be pulled down. There will be 12 semi-detached and nine detached homes on the site – down from 25 as originally envisaged. A fifth are designated as affordable housing. The outline scheme, which was approved at a meeting of Kirklees Council’s Heavy Woollen Planning Sub-Committee, includes contributions to education (£42,552), open space (£28,576), and sustainable transport (£12,787). The plan was given the green light despite concerns from some committee members that too many homes were being squeezed onto the site.