Bordon Area Action Group (BAAG) – which has more than 400 members – has called an emergency public meeting this Friday "to set the record straight" after the most recent consultation about EDHC's plans for the town were unveiled.

Steve Parsons, from BAAG, said: "The opposition from local people is overwhelming. The current plan should be ripped up and a new plan devised that meets the needs of the community and protects wildlife and open spaces."

There will be three BAAG speakers at the meeting, each dealing with a particular aspect of the plan.

Themes covered will include: eating up natural green spaces and habitats, increased traffic, urbanisation, unachievable eco-targets and BAAG's thoughts on an alternative approach.

In essence the masterplanners have recommended that around 4,000 new eco-homes should be built on MoD land once the Army moves out. Once the masterplanners have studied the latest consultation questionnaires, they will come back in the New Year with any amendments they believe pertinent.

But BAAG has argued vociferously that only up to 2,000 new homes should be built on the brownfield land.

Mr Parsons claimed that the glossy plans sent out to residents failed to show the new route for the A325 or the location of the combined heat and power plants.

"Local people to whom BAAG have been talking at our Saturday stand in the Forest Centre, find the plan confusing and don't understand where the houses are proposed to be built."

A BAAG spokesman commented: "Just 62 people who responded to the council's consultation in the summer said they thought the proposals addressed the issues of the community and business. We are calling for EHDC to disregard the findings from their most recent survey.

"There will be no sales talk at the meeting and no questions – or prizes." EHDC has offered a prize draw of £500 if residents return their questionnaires to the council by December 11.

The spokesman added: "This is your town, your rights, your lives. We will be debating real issues to make a difference."

BAAG has extended an invitation to every councillor from EHDC and Bordon Whitehill to attend. It is understood that only Cllr Guy Stacpool and Cllr Elizabeth Plowright from EHDC have so far accepted the invitation, along with one Whitehill councillor.

Cllr Stacpool said: "I'm sure this will be a very interesting meeting. It's always good to have other people's views." He confirmed that if he was asked to speak, he would do so.

The meeting is being held in The Forest Community Centre, on Friday, at 7.30pm.