Plans have been put forward to demolish a pub in Dartford and turn it into flats.

The Welsh Tavern in London Road, in Stone, Dartford could be bulldozed and replaced with eight two-bedroom and six one-bedroom flats with off-road parking and a new access road.

The pub, which has been boarded up since closing last September, is described on the planning application as an "unlisted period building" ad it has been serving locals for 184 years.

Councillor Kelly Grehan said: "There is strong feeling about the building, given its historic role in the town.

"I'm very worried about the building sitting, boarded up for decades now the pub is closed, like some others in the town.

"But equally I share concerns other have about ploughing ahead without thought to the need for additional infrastructure. So I hope those with concerns will register them."

Residents can have their say on the plans online using this link.

The pub closure is just the latest in a long line of pubs shutting their doors across the town in recent years, with the Fulwich in St Vincents Road having been converted into a B&B.

More recently, both The Bridges at Horton Kirby and the Papermakers Arms in Hawley Road, Sutton-at-Hone, have now permanently closed.

Further afield, The George and Dragon in Swanscombe, another historic coaching inn, has also shut permanently and could be turned into a pizza takeaway.