A former ambulance station could be demolished and transformed into homes.

Plans have been put forward, in principle, to knock down the now-closed Medway Ambulance Station off Star Mill Lane off the A2 in Chatham

The application, submitted by DHA Planning on behalf of Carvill Developments, proposes to build 14 homes on the 2,600sq m site – which has been vacant since June last year.

The station had also been put on the market by the NHS Foundation Trust, via estate agents Sibley Pares, before being purchased for about £1 million by Carvill.

It comes after crews from Chatham, Coxheath and Ashford moved to a new £6.5 million facility in Bredgar Road, Gillingham - the first in the country to bring a Make Ready Centre, EOC, and NHS 111 contact centre together under one roof.

The new proposed development has been sent to Medway Council for approval.

The existing buildings on the site comprise a mix of one and two-storey offices, storage and workshop facilities of brick construction, which, if the proposal is given the nod, will all be demolished.

The 14 homes planned to replace them would all be three-bedrooms in size.

There would also be room for 22 car parking spaces.

Meanwhile footpaths and a new pedestrian crossing point are being proposed in the adjacent Maynard Place.

Information on the project's planning statement says: "The proposed development relates to a highly sustainable, previously-developed site within the Medway urban area.

"The scheme will result in the delivery of much-needed new homes where the under-supply of housing is acknowledged.

“It remains the case that the ambulance service is moving to a new, modern site better suited to their operations and thus leaving the site vacant.

"The Medway Ambulance Station has never been publicly accessible and in any event is simply re-locating elsewhere.

"It therefore remains the case that the ‘loss of a community asset’ is of no relevance to this application."

It continued: "The development will add a significant amount of new urban greening to an existing site with low ecological value, in the form of a network of native street and garden trees, garden and boundary hedges, together with blocks of nectar and pollen rich decorative planting.

"The provision of edible fruiting trees will benefit both the residents and wildlife."

You can view updates on the application by clicking here and searching for reference MC/23/2814.

A decision is expected by March 18.

The ambulance hub is based next door to the also-closed Medway Fire Station in Star Mill Lane, which could also be turned into new housing.

A revised proposal was submitted in July to convert the facility into a new food store plus 12 apartments.

Although this has not been given the green light, a different application was approved in February last year.

These plans, put forward by Hartley-based Kent Kraft Development, included a Sainsbury's Local with four maisonettes above it, each with two bedrooms.

Behind it, five, three-bedroom houses with gardens were also on the cards.

A decision on the new application featuring 12 apartments remains ongoing.