Angry residents marched through Kennington with banners protesting plans to build new homes in the village.

Dozens of people armed with banners and placards marched to a meeting at Kennington Village Centre on Tuesday, where plans for 13 homes on land off Simpsons Way were being discussed.

They are concerned the development, proposed by Kidlington company JA Pye (Oxford) Ltd, will create traffic problems in the village.

Nicola Orum, of Simpsons Way, said: “They are talking about a development in an area which already has narrow accesses and steep driveways. They want to put 13 dwellings in a place commonly used as a turning point, and we are opposing that.”

At the meeting, Kennington parish councillors opposed the development — primarily because the plans did not include affordable housing.

Parish clerk Pam Johnston said: “The parish council voted against it but not for the same reasons as local residents. Councillors feel the number of homes on the site should be higher so we can have come affordable homes.

“They want 15 homes, then the company will have to provide affordable homes for local people.

“Simpsons Way is a quiet cul-de-sac with only a little bit of traffic and additional homes will mean more people coming past people’s doors.

“Councillors were concerned about increased traffic — that was part of the objection.”

Ultimately, it will be up to the Vale of the White Horse District Council whether the development is approved.

So far, the district council has received 12 objections, along with one comment requesting smaller homes for first-time buyers on the site.

A petition signed by 177 people has also been sent to the council opposing the scheme.

Mrs Orum said: “There is already limited parking in the area and there have been a number of occasions where there have been difficulties getting emergency vehicles down here.

“It is also the last bit of land in Kennington which hasn’t been built on, and at the end of the day I think they are being greedy.”

She said a lot of wildlife lived on the land in question, including badgers and kites.

The proposal is for three two-bedroom houses, three three-bedroom houses, three four-bedroom and four five-bedroom houses.

JA Pye’s technical director Stuart Wright said: “The traffic generation from 13 houses is not going to be particularly high and it is not what I would call a high-density scheme.”