A horse owner is furious with Gillingham FC's plans to build a new stadium on land her family has owned for generations.

Sharon Spencer, of Lower Rainham Road, said the first she heard of the club's plans was when the owner of the majority of the land in Mill Hill, off Yokosuka Way, presented a site map to her.

The 36-year-old owns six out of the 40 acres of land there and said it was used as equestrian land.

The majority landowner on the site, who is working with the club, offered her £30,000 an acre for her plot, plus a further £100,000 if the stadium gets built.

Miss Spencer has rejected the offer.

She said: "My dad was an avid Gills supporter and season ticket holder and if he was alive today he would reject it still. The land was previously owned by my parents and all my life we've had horses."

She said the plan "doesn't make sense".

"I don't see a reason for it - certainly in that area. Everything that's on the plan exists locally.

"If the stadium was chock-a-block and fans were fighting for tickets you could understand why they would want a new stadium."

The Gills released the first pictures of its vision for a 15-18,000 seater stadium last week.

An artist'­s impression for Gillingham'­s proposed new stadium at Mill Hill

Chairman Paul Scally said the scheme is the last hope for the club if it wants to remain in the Towns.

The project includes a supermarket, petrol station, fast food restaurants, fitness centre, shops, nursery and tennis academy.

Mr Scally claims that Peel Port's £650 million plan for Chatham Docks in nearby Pier Road will scupper the Gills' hopes of remaining in Medway.

The site has previously been earmarked by the club for relocation, but Peel submitted separate plans for the land last year.

This includes an Asda superstore and Mr Scally states that is the club's problem with the project.

He says a supermarket is needed to finance the stadium, but having two stores so close to each other would make his plan unworkable.

A Gillingham FC spokesman said:"Negotiations are taking place with all landowners."