Developer applies to build 450 homes on peninsula

The plans also include in a local centre for a community hall and shops, allotments, and play areas

Plans to build hundreds of homes in a rural part of Kent have been branded "completely unacceptable" by a local councillor.

Taylor Wimpey has submitted an outline application to build 450 homes on the Hoo Peninsula, between Hoo and Chattenden.

The plans also include a local centre for a community hall and shops, allotments, and play areas.

However, the proposals have already met opposition from local councillor Michael Pearce.

The deputy leader of the Independent Group on Medway Council and ward councillor for Hoo St Werburgh and High Halstow labelled the plans “predatory”.

He is calling on residents to vote in favour of the upcoming Hoo and Chattenden Neighbourhood Plan in order to block them.

Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS), he said: "This development will join Hoo and Chattenden together which is completely unacceptable."

The site was previously the subject of an application for 475 homes in 2014, but those plans were refused by Medway Council in 2015, with officers saying the scheme would harm the landscape.

Taylor Wimpey has been approached for comment.

A referendum on the Hoo St Werburgh and Chattenden Neighbourhood Plan will take place on 7 November.