Developers are asking residents for their views on plans for almost 400 homes on a former landfill site.

People living near the former Biffa site in London Road, Greenhithe, have received leaflets outlining the plans.

PMG Regeneration is behind the proposal and wants to build 376 homes on the 23 acre site. Of these houses, 35% would be affordable.

The waste site sits next to Knockhall Chase and Mounts Road and has been left empty since the mid 1990s.

The developer said: “Whilst the precise form of development is still evolving, the plans include access, car (to include the provision of vehicle charging points) and cycle parking provision, servicing, formal and informal open space provision and landscaping.

“New pedestrian and cycle links will be provided to access the already excellent public transport connections that serve the area (including buses and Greenhithe train station).

“It is yet to be decided whether to include a small amount of community facilities.”

Currently the developers are seeking consultation from residents and the public.

They will then submit planning permission to Dartford council.

Councillor David Mote (Con) and Cally Gale (Con) representing Greenhithe and Knockhall say they were not aware of plans until residents began discussing the leaflets on social media and had not received any themselves.

Some doubt has been raised over the practicality of the proposed development.

Cllr Mote said: “This does not form part of Dartford’s local plan as a viable site for building because of the known contamination.

“The developer will have to prove to the council that it is no longer contaminated before they can start doing anything but they are quite at liberty to send out bits of paper asking for consultation.”

It is not the first housing development to be suggested for the area.

In 2019 and £81m scheme, dubbed Little Hithe was proposed for the land opposite which would see 187 flats built in the disused chalk pit near London Road, next to Greenhithe Railway Station.

Two years later KentOnline reported how the plans had been bolstered by a £1 million station link upgrade allowing residents direct access via a new platform.

The application is yet to be granted permission.