Len Lamplugh said that after eight years of planning and meetings, the date for signing the agreement to allow the work to begin was still to be confirmed.

In June the Blackwater Valley and Hart Primary Care Trust (PCT) told the News a signing date for the legal agreement was imminent and that work was expected to start this summer.

But although the trust says all the major obstacles are resolved, it is still unable to confirm when the project will get the final go-ahead.

Mr Lamplugh is calling on everyone involved in the project to pull out the stops so that the project can get started by the end of September.

He said: “We are fed up with being told time and time again: ‘We will sign next month’.

“Since the planning approval was granted and the PCT passed the scheme, we have been promised a number of dates when work would commence on the site.

“It’s gone on and on. Enough is enough.

“It’s time we had some answers and action.”

He claimed the latest “broken promise” made last month by the PCT was typical of the past 12 months.

“We were told that the contracts would be completed in the next two weeks,” he said.

“Yet again, a month has nearly passed by and still no news that contracts have been signed and building work is due to start on site.”

He said he was not sure who was to blame for the delays but complained that the time taken to agree the rental value should have taken months rather than years.

He said he hoped the latest stage, which is in the hands of the lawyers, does not take as long.

He said: “We wonder how much extra costs have occurred since our health centre was first proposed due to these numerous delays.

“Perhaps the policy to obtain Best Value for Money is not working in practice.

“Since we were given the promise that we would have a new health centre, Farnham have managed to pull down their old hospital and rebuild a magnificent new hospital to a very high standard where parking is free.”

Councillors at Rushmoor Council said they hoped to see things moving swiftly.

Leader of the council John Marsh said one booking for a signing ceremony at Princes Hall had already been cancelled.

He added: “We just want them to get on with it.

“We’ve all been saying this for the past year.

“We are hoping that soon a date will be set aside for a formal signing ceremony at Princes Hall.”

He said that once the documents were signed there was no reason why work on the site could not start straight away.

Rona Cheeseman, spokeswoman for the PCT, said solicitors were sorting out the minor details of the legal agreement.

She said the trust anticipated the final signing ceremony to be this month.

She added: “The developers Wilky are full steam ahead for September and so are we.”

She was unable to comment on why the final stages of the contract were taking longer than anticipated or whether the cost of the project had risen owing to the delays. The completed centre will have 134,000sqft feet over four floors.

Developer Wilky will build the centre and maintain it for 30 years. It will then be handed over to the PCT.