A car park earmarked for development has been put up for sale.

Medway councillors unanimously granted planning permission for flats to be built on Queen Street public car park in Chatham last year, but the plans have yet to come to fruition.

Developers Creval (Chatham) Ltd proposed to build four blocks between four and eight storeys on the site.

The development of 179 homes was the subject of a behind-closed-doors meeting in May after Medway Labour Group 'called-in' the plans.

Call-ins allow councillors to intervene when they feel a decision being made by the executive needs to be revisited or changed.

Harrisons Chartered Surveyors has listed the leasehold of the car park in Queen Street on the corner of Slicketts Hill as for sale.

Its website says: "The council is wanting the buyer of the site to develop it and is not expecting the car parks to be retained or replaced."

The leasehold is being offered for 250 years and will contain a clause stating if the development is not started within five years of the grant of the lease, the council can take the site back, and if it is not completed within 10 years, the council can terminate the lease.

The closing date for offers is Monday, September 29.

Although the call-in meeting was not open to the public or members of the press, the decisions made were published ahead of a meeting of full council on Thursday night.

The four points of action included monitoring major projects with published milestones and recognising "the requirement to not have any services or projects tendered which are contrary to council policy."

The council's cabinet will decide whether to adopt these policies at a later date.

"The council is wanting the buyer of the site to develop it and is not expecting the car parks to be retained or replaced..."

Last month, councillors unanimously approved a council-led development of 45 flats on the opposite side of Queen Street, all of which will be affordable.