Members of Mendip Farmers' Hunt faced a barrage of criticism on Monday night against its plans for kennels and a flesh house on the edge of Chewton Mendip.

More than 150 people packed into the village hall to confront hunt masters about the plans which have been widely criticised by locals – many of them hunt supporters – who felt the villagers' opinions and feelings had not been sought or considered in the making of the application.

There was also vocal support for the hunt from a small group of kennel staff and hunters.

The meeting heard from Lord Waldegrave, who allows the hunt to use part of the estate, and whose land borders the site.

He said there had been little consultation with the site neighbours, and he had only heard about the plans in recent weeks.

He said: "It's pushing it a bit to say to say there was consultation.

"I found out from a neighbour. I let the hunt use an odd 1,200 acres of my land.

"It is pretty poor that the hunt has not been courteous enough to tell me."

The meeting heard fears from residents over hounds running loose, of the smell of dog excrement, the possibility of the site being developed for other purposes and of the number of vehicle movements the kennels would create.

Some wanted to know why the hunt would not buy the current hunt kennels and use them, as they were on the market. Lord Waldegrave's criticism of the consultation process was echoed by others.

Louis Agabani said he was told "you weren't supposed to know about that" by a neighbour, while another speaker revealed he had only found out when skittle team members with tongues loosened by cider told him: "You'll be woken up by hounds at 6.30am soon."

Responding to the criticism, Alastair Martin from the hunt said: "I can only apologise if anyone feels they were not consulted."

He said the meeting had been organised with the intention of consulting with village residents about the proposals and the hunt had made concerted efforts to buy the old kennels but had been unable to do so.

Master and huntsman Richard Standing said the hunt had never had a single complaint about dog fouling or the behaviour of hounds in the 13 years he had been with them.

Mr Martin apologised so many times during the meeting for not consulting the village that one angry resident said: "All we've heard from you is sorry.

"This was terribly duplicitous – you should have had this discussion 18 months ago, then we wouldn't be here now, you are just being obsequious. Even the people who support you think you have been an idiot."

Ivan Ponting from the village said the hunt had damaged the village by its actions.

"You should be deeply ashamed of the way you have treated the village," he said.

"You have left a legacy of mistrust that can be laid at the door of the hunt."