A proposal to knock down a former popular pub in Swanscombe and convert it into a 13-bedroom house-share is set to be approved by councillors this week.

The planning application, submitted by site owners in August last year, proposes to construct a three-storey house with shared facilities and a communal area where The Alma pub currently stands.

The original application stated that 13 "micro flats" would be built on the site but this has since been changed to state the finished development would be a single house with the same number of bedrooms.

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According to council documents, the plan to replace the pub is considered to be "acceptable" for approval as the loss of a public house "would not have a detrimental impact on the community".

It is also noted the proposed design for the building is "strikingly different" compared to nearby properties and that this would would add to the character of the area.

However, nearby residents have taken up opposition against the proposed development with many citing concerns over already limited parking spaces, the nature of the proposed building's design, the quality of living for future occupants, and also the historical value of the pub within the area.

One Swanscombe resident, Geoff Baker, lodged an objection in which he outlined that those living on the ground floor would suffer from a lack of daylight due to the building's design, making them seem "claustrophobic and cell-like."

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However, a report to councillors has noted the lack of sunlight as an issue and that an amendment to the application was made to rectify this.

Another objection came from Marion Needham on the grounds the existing building is part of Swanscombe's heritage, stating the "madness" that the council would "allow another little piece of old Swanscombe to be lost."

Parking spaces were Tracy Grigg's gripe as she stated there are already issues with parking in her street and that it would be "ridiculous" to assume new tenants wouldn't have visitors taking up spaces.

Members of the council's development control board are set to meet to decide the application on Thursday, January 17.