The firm says 30% of the homes will also be classed as affordable.

“The development will create up to 300 dwellings and associated public open space, which provides a choice of housing to meet the needs of the area, whilst respecting and enhancing the site’s environmental assets,” it says.

But the bid has disgruntled Bekesbourne villagers, with 328 letters warning of the potential negative impacts.

Objectors complain that the local roads and sewage network are overburdened, and GP surgeries and schools will be unable to accommodate hundreds of new patients and pupils.

Addressing concerns over sewage in their report, planning officers acknowledge there is currently limited capacity within the network to accommodate the development.

But recommending the plans be approved, they add: “Southern Water has requested that a planning condition be imposed that would require the development to be phased and implemented so as to align with delivery by Southern Water of any sewerage network reinforcements that are required.”

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Councillors will vote on whether to grant the project outline planning permission in a meeting on Tuesday.

If it is approved, the NHS has requested developers pay £259,200 to expand healthcare provisions in the area, with Kent County Council (KCC) demanding several million pounds for new primary and secondary schools.

The main accesses into the site would be from Bekesbourne Lane to the south and The Hill to the north-east of the site, thus creating a link road.

Cllr Lee Castle - who represents the Little Stour and Adisham ward where the development would be built - says the access roads are unsuitable and objects to the expansion of Bekesbourne at the expense of farmland.

However, having reviewed traffic flow data and access design details, KCC’s highways department raises no concerns.

And, concluding their report, district planners argue that despite the resultant loss of agricultural land and harm to the landscape, these drawbacks are outweighed by the benefits of a sustainable housing development.