Angry residents who believe their homes will be dominated by the s3billion Chelsea Barracks development are calling for the plans to be thrown out.

Members of the Barracks Opposition Group are demanding that proposals for the ex-army site in Chelsea Bridge Road be scrapped or redrawn to include more open space.

Georgine Thorburn, of Bloomfield Terrace, formed the protest group, which is made up of residents from Chelsea and Pimlico.

"We plan to fight all the way," she said. "We're hoping that Westminster Council will say the plans are unacceptable and throw them out. Under the current plans, the on site chapel would go, dozens of trees would be cut down and there would be limited open space for the community. My back garden would be plunged into darkness for three months of the year by the tall buildings of the development."

Ms Thorburn added that her house had been shaken by tremors for several weeks, which she believed was linked to the ongoing demolition work.

Developer Chris Candy said he was looking at making changes to the plans to fit in with the needs of the community.

He said: "We're working in conjunction with Westminster Council and specialist consultants to ensure that the scheme design allows good levels of sunlight and daylight across the whole development.

"The majority of buildings forming the proposed scheme, which are for residential use, will be nine storeys high. Only one small building within this scheme reaches a similar height to the tallest building in the nearby consented Grosvenor Waterside development.

"The proposals will safeguard as many trees as possible and any trees that are removed will be balanced out with the planting of 300 new mature trees. The proposal provides approximately four acres of open green space."