Plans unveiled for more than 500 homes near town

The site is about the size of 64 football pitches

Plans have been unveiled for more than 500 homes and a new healthcare facility on the edge of a town in Kent.

Housing firm Dandara South East is looking to build a 520-home estate on farmland east of Paddock Wood next to the railway line, with 40% being earmarked as affordable housing.

The firm said they also intended to build a "local centre" of up to 700sq m (7,535sq ft) of floorspace, including a healthcare facility.

Liberal Democrat councillor Adrian Pitts, who represents Paddock Wood on Tunbridge Wells Borough Council (TWBC), said the development was "very key" to the town.

However, he added: "I think you've got to have the infrastructure first.

"There is a big issue in the background, which is coping with the flooding that area already sees."

The councillor said the developers had already adapted their plans "considerably" due to the flooding risk.

The site, which is about the size of 64 football pitches, has a small brook running through the middle of it, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) says.

The proposed site is farmland east of Paddock Wood

An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) scoping report has been submitted to TWBC in relation to the plans.

It means Dandara South East is asking TWBC to come to an opinion about what the EIA accompanying the full planning application will need to cover.

A full application has not yet been submitted to the council, the LDRS said.