Neighbours have rallied against plans for a huge recycling plant - which would see 200 lorries thundering past each day.

It was standing room only in Sellindge village hall as villagers turned out to protest at a proposed recycling plant.

They quizzed developers and Kent County Council planners about the scheme for the former Otterpool Quarry site on the A20.

If the private developer gets the go-ahead, almost 200 trucks a day will bring in rubbish from across east Kent for recycling.

Villagers are outraged by the thought of the noise, smells and traffic that almost 100,000 tonnes of rubbish coming into the small village would create.

A group of protesters held banners saying “KCC killing our countryside and communities”, while council officials and developers visited the site.

About 250 people then crowded into the village hall and heckled the panel, made up of the consultancy firm representing the developer and council planners.

Ronald Lello, chairman of the residents' association, started the debate.

He said: “I don’t want any harm to come to the panel here tonight, I only wish they thought the same about us as they plan to poison our water, poison the air and poison and cause havoc on our roads.”

For full story see this week's Kentish Express, out on Thursday.