The Vistry Group has been given planning approval to build 162 new properties at Peters Village.

The homes will be on a 10-acre site at Wouldham and will feature 118 new two, three and four-bedroom houses for private sale under the Bovis Homes brand, alongside 44 affordable properties available for local people through rent or shared ownership.

Vistry is already building 261 homes at two other locations at Peters Village, with the company providing 142 Linden Homes properties at Bridgeside Walk and 119 Bovis Homes properties at Osprey Rise.

The latest 162 homes will form the final phase of the Peters Village neighbourhood, which will bring the total number of homes delivered by a consortium of housebuilders across the wider scheme to 989.

Candice McCabe is the marketing manager for Vistry. She said: “Now that we have been given planning permission, we are keen to start building these much-needed new homes for Wouldham.

“This development, which is on two connected parcels of land, has been fashioned to meet the needs of the local housing market, but also to blend in seamlessly with the rest of the wider Peters Village project.

“The houses have been designed to incorporate a variety of heights and a range of interesting architectural features such as gable ends, attractive porch designs, bay windows and a variety of roof styles, which add interest to the street scene and, when coupled with the proposed layout, will create an attractive development.

“Many of these homes will have an electric vehicle charging point and cycle parking to encourage residents to help the environment by embracing greener forms of transport.”

The plans for Peters Village, which is on the east bank of the River Medway, include a convenience store, medical centre, community hall and sports playing fields, alongside a large nature reserve.

But the overall village developers, Trenport, have been criticised as the community hall, although finished, has never opened, and there is no progress towards building the medical centre six years after construction began on the site .