The 180-acre country park was formerly three quarries, which ceased operations in the late 1960s.
The site has since become popular with walkers.
A planning statement said the artworks to be installed across the park would explore Bradford’s relationship with the landscape of the North Pennines, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
The series of “new, contemporary visual artworks created by national and international artists will invite audiences to reimagine Bradford’s rural landscape as a gallery for exceptional art,” the application said.
The first location on the arts trail would feature three sculptures inspired by the plants of the surrounding area.
They will stand between 14.7ft tall (4.5m) and 15.7ft (4.8m).
The second location will feature 75 individually sculpted butterflies.
A third location will feature just one sculpture – a 34-ft tall (10.5m) tower clad in sheep fleece and “inspired by surrounding quarried landscape and the role of wool in the industrial heritage of Bradford,” planning documents said.
The final set of sculptures will be made up of “a series of life-size cut-outs of mysterious beings from theology, blending reality with imagination.”
