Developers will present their plans to overhaul Kingston's Eden Walk shopping centre for a second time after they withdrew the scheme at the last minute in March.

The demolition of the centre, which project director Matthew Secker called "tired, dated [and] unattractive", would see it replaced by 380 homes, some 18,000 sq m of retail space, plus offices and a cinema.

But when joint owners Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) and British Land showed off the scheme to councillors in March they were met with jeers from the public gallery.

Next Wednesday night the finalised plans, which include tweaks to construction materials designed to mitigate the impact on surrounding buildings like the old Post Office, will come before Kingston Council's development control committee.

Key issues include whether enough of the homes will be affordable, and the cumulative impact of widespread redevelopment on the character of the town centre.

Forty-one per cent of the homes would have a single bedroom and 47 per cent would have two. Only 35 units, or 9 per cent of the total, would have three bedrooms or more.

Just over the road Primark is extending its Eden Street store, while the entire area will be given a facelift under the Eden Quarter redevelopment plans. Minutes away in Richmond Road CNM Estates is in the middle of regenerating the old Gala Bingo hall and 332 homes are planned for the old gas holders site.

Though more than 5,700 residents were consulted on the USS and British Land plans, just 168 wrote to object, according to council documents.

Some claimed that the tall buildings would turn Eden Street into "a shadowy, chilly, foreboding canyon" and that new homes ought to be built further from the town centre in New Malden, Tolworth and Chessington.

The Kingston Society warned a number of the planned buildings were higher than allowed for in the Eden Quarter redevelopment brief which was published in 2014, while Historic England said it could not back the plans due to impact on Kingston's historic environment - though it said this would not be "substantial".

However, one supporter wrote to say: "Kingston has never been a local town for local people, it’s always served the whole NE Surrey.

"This is the best chance Kingston has to keep the centre from dying on its feet."

Council officers say benefits of the plan include a £400m investment in the town centre with 600 jobs - plus more than 700 during construction with opportunities for apprenticeships - and space for community groups.

They also noted the site had been earmarked for redevelopment in 2008 and added: "The need to consolidate and update the retail offer has also increased since 2008 since the opening of Westfield in White City, the redevelopment of Guildord Town Centre and the future opening of Westfield in Croydon."

Evidence from consultants hired by USS and British Land suggested Kingston "has extensive and unsatisfied demand due to the limited stock which do not match modern retailers retailing requirements".

The meeting will take place next Wednesday, May 18, from 7.30pm at Guildhall, though councillors will not vote on whether to approve or block the scheme until a later date.