A backlash is brewing against plans for nearly 800 new homes from neighbours angry at the proposals.

John Weatherley, who lives on the other side of the allotment near the proposed Stone Pit II site off Watling Street in Dartford, was not convinced of the plans following a public consultation.

He said the event seemed more like a sales pitch and claimed developer Taylor Wimpey had no concerns or interactions with people on how to solve problems raised.

The 69-year-old, of Kirby Road, Dartford, said: "The main thing I raised was the traffic problem, which they kind of acted like wasn't their problem. The area can't sustain the amount of traffic now, let alone when there's 1,500 more cars on the road – there's only one road in and one road out."

He also raised the question about hospitals and how all these new people will put a huge amount of pressure on them. However, he claims that the response he got was that "not everyone will go to the hospital at the same time".

Mr Weatherley said: "Stone is only a small village and there are only three chemists nearby, and all these extra people will put pressure on them as well. There were no councillors there to get feedback, which was very poor as they should've listened to people's views.

"It was really busy at the exhibition and most of the questions were about infrastructure, but at the end of the day, these houses aren't for local people."

Peter Young, from Dartford, thinks NHS staff should be first choice for the affordable housing, which will be 24% of the development.

He has had extensive surgery in the hospital over the past six years, and would love to see staff given priority on the homes.

The 72-year-old said: "The government unfortunately has for decades taken advantage of their unselfish and dedicated approach to their work to historically underpay them accordingly.

"The Darent hospital is directly opposite to where the proposed new houses are to be built. It would be absolutely fantastic if the nursing staff and lower paid employees could be offered affordable housing on this site, where the current wage structure would barely allow them to afford a tent.

"For those that can either afford to drive to work, or have no option other than to do so, they already have to pay exorbitant and in my view immoral costs to park within the grounds of the hospital.

"They should give the NHS staff first choice with the affordable housing, they deserve it much more than anyone else."

A Taylor Wimpey spokesman said: "We would like to thank everyone who attended our public consultation to view our plans for development at Stone Pit II.

"Our proposals are in line with the approved outline planning application for the site and the impacts of the development on the local area have been considered as part of this consent. We will continue to work closely with Dartford Borough Council to ensure the development is delivered in line with the previous approvals.

"A full transport assessment was carried out for the site in support of the approved outline planning application.

"This demonstrated that the surrounding road network has sufficient capacity to accommodate the traffic generated by the development. Up-to-date traffic surveys and junction capacity assessments will also be undertaken and submitted with the reserved matters application.

"Dartford Borough Council operates Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) which contributes to the provision of planned infrastructure including schools, highway mitigation and health care provision. Taylor Wimpey will make a significant contribution to the CIL if planning permission is granted.

"We understand the importance of listening to the community and will consider all feedback we receive as we finalise a reserved matters planning application."

Feedback can be given here up until Monday, August 29.