A former pig farm is on the market for just less than a quarter of a million pounds.

The plot, on the west side of St Vincent’s Avenue, in Dartford, is being sold at auction after a planning application to build 13 homes was withdrawn.

According to the seller, the 1.26 acre site, which forms a long, narrow strip of undeveloped land, had permission granted for the three-bedroom houses in December 2009.

The development would have been made up of 10 semi-detached and three detached properties with a new internal access road, parking, turning areas and amenity space.

Dartford council officers recommended the plans for approval, subject to the completion of a section 106 agreement.

In their report, they said: “It has been accepted on appeal that development of this site will make a contribution towards meeting housing needs within the borough.

“I am now satisfied that the applicants have demonstrated that it is possible to secure a development of sufficient quality while safeguarding the outlook and amenity of residents overlooking and abutting the site and not materially harming highway safety or the free flow of traffic along St Vincent’s Avenue. In the circumstances I now consider the proposal to be worthy of support.”

As of December 2011, the application was withdrawn.

The former pig farm, named Fulwich Lane Piggeries, has a long planning history dating back to 1986 when plans were approved to build a two-storey block of four flats and garages.

Since then there has been various proposals submitted to build flats which have been refused or withdrawn.

The site is now up on the market with land and property auctioneers Clive Emson with a freehold guide price of £225,000.

It has frontage and gated access off St Vincent's Avenue, is bounded to the south by a railway line cutting and a housing development to the north.

It is said to have the potential for various uses as long as all necessary consents are obtainable.

The sale will happen on Wednesday, July 26.