IT is all systems go for Tesco after its opponents decided against starting a new battle with the supermarket giant and the town to stop the store being built.
The deadline for an appeal to the High Court against a decision of the Secretary of State passed quietly last Friday, without any of the major objectors lodging an appeal.
Campaigners have been worried that Somerfield, Lidl or Stockborne - which owns the Forest Shopping Centre - might try a last ditch attempt to halt the constriction of the store in Bordon.
However, the news that the right to appeal has not been utilised by objectors is music to the ears of those who have fought for the store.
Town and district councillor Zoya Faddy said she was thrilled that the news she was dreading had not come.
"It is definitely all systems go for Tesco. I have been in contact with Tesco and no challenge has been lodged from anybody over the decision," she said.
She estimated an appealcould have delayed the store for up to a year.
Tesco can now finalise its purchasing plans for the four areas of land at the Bordon Motors site (the garage, Masonic lodge, woodland area and a private home) where the new store will be built.
It can also go ahead and submit a detailed planning application for the new supermarket which needs to be approved by East Hampshire District Council before construction can begin.
Mrs Faddy said: "We have managed to get this store from what seemed to be against all odds and now we have a real opportunity for investment.
"A lot of businesses have been watching the final outcome of this application and I think that now is the time to approach stores like New Look and record shops to show them what we have to offer."
The district councillors said she hoped that construction of the store would begin next year with the supermarket finally opening its doors before next Christmas.