A new development of council homes – part of a project to build hundreds in one borough – are now ready for people to move in.

The seven homes in Rembrandt Drive and Constable Road, in Northfleet, were completed in May and are ready for people on Gravesham Borough Council housing register.

Built by Westridge Construction Ltd, the homes are all accessible and adaptable, with parking and private gardens.

The terrace consists of six one-bedroom bungalows with flexible roof space, and one detached one-bedroom bungalow, and are fully adapted for wheelchair users.

Before works started, local residents were consulted on what play equipment they thought was needed in the re-landscaped open space.

A play area will be opened in the summer and there will be trees planted in autumn.

The development is part of the council's New Build programme, aimed at providing urgently-needed affordable rented homes for those on the housing register.

Cllr Jenny Wallace, Gravesham council’s cabinet member for housing services, opened the development last week and said: "Providing high quality, environmentally sound affordable housing for residents who need homes is the highest priority for the council.

"Constable Road is the latest development in the council’s commitment to building hundreds of new homes in the borough.

"Last year we updated our housing allocations policy to ensure our homes are going to those local people who need them the most.

"The people moving into Constable Road have been on our housing register, looking for homes suitable for their needs, and now they will have homes that are wheelchair accessible and adapted to their needs.

"I hope they will all be happy in their new homes."