A public exhibition is being held to showcase plans for 130 more homes in Strood.

Developers behind the Commissioner’s Place project hope to build the houses in Commissioner’s Road, in the former quarry site on the edge of Medway City Estate.

The plans include public open spaces and landscaping.

The exhibition, which will be held today (Friday) is designed to get feedback on the proposals before an outline planning application is submitted to Medway Council.

Members of the project team will explain the blueprints and answer residents’ questions.

But residents are already concerned about how the proposed houses would affect traffic if the plans are given the go ahead.

Dilys McGuire said: “Where are all the cars going to go? It’s nose to tail mornings and afternoons as it is. Just where are they going to put all the cars? It’s absolutely ridiculous.

“I lived in Medway as a child and we used to play in the quarry as there was water there. Now there’s no public access.

“I will always fight for the underdog.”

Another resident, who did not wish to be named, said: “My husband has thought about it and thinks houses would be better than anything else over there, but I don’t want anything built there.

'Where are all the cars going to go? It's absolutely ridiculous' - concerned resident Dilys McGuire

“I moved because there was nothing built there, so both of us will be going to the meeting.”

This is not the first time developers have tried to build on the site. Campaigners stopped the quarry being used for a commercial development in November 2013, after a planning application to create 6,000 sq mt of floorspace was submitted to Medway Council.

Councillors went against the advice of planning officers and refused the application amidst fears the development would infringe on the Saxon Shore public right of way and contravene the local plan.

Opponents also argued the plans represented an extension of the Medway City Estate. A petition was set up which collected more than 150 signatures and the council received 225 letters of objection.

Residents also staged a demonstration at the site and more than 50 people turned out to protest during a site visit by councillors.

The exhibition takes place at All Saints’ Parish Hall, Church Green, Frindsbury, today between 2pm and 8pm.