AN action plan has been formed by Lindford Parish Council to fight a development in the village - but it is keeping the details a secret.
The council, along with planning consultant Edward Dawson, has come up with its plan to fight an imminent planning application by developer Charles Church to build up to 180 homes on a site at the bottom of Chase Road.
At its meeting on Monday the council decided to keep the plan's contents a secret, to keep the developer in the dark about the opposition.
"The aim is to remove the site from the local plan," parish clerk Wendy Noe explained.
"There have been two meetings with Mr Dawson and all the issues have been discussed in detail. However, the report made by Mr Dawson will not be made public at this stage, as it might fall into the wrong hands and reveal all the council's strategy.
The history of the site is long and complicated and it has been at the centre of controversy in Lindford for several years.
Back in 1996 a planning inspector decreed that the settlements of Bordon and Lindford were not separate entities and that the open space between Chase Road and the River Wey would be a suitable place for a development of 100 large houses.
Developer Charles Church then put forward a strong case during the public inquiry into East Hampshire District Council's local plan - the development blueprint for the area.
In 1997 EHDC planners and the environment committee deferred to the inspector's decision, to the fury of Lindford residents.
Lindford Parish Council is now arguing that the first review of the local plan has expired and because of delays in implementing the second review, EHDC development policy no longer applies.
East Hampshire District Council expects a planning application to be submitted for the Chase Road site over the next few months.