Originally Posted by
Gertrude the Wombat
Sorry to disappoint, but that's exceedingly unlikely to be true.
Planning decisions (when done properly, which inspectors usually do even if the committee gets it wrong) are not popularity contests.
What matters is raising issues that matter under planning law. Once such an issue is raised, it doesn't matter a damn whether it has been raised by one person or a thousand people. Letters saying "I support/object to this proposal because I think it is a good/bad idea" are worth exactly nothing at all whatsoever.
Spot on - if you are going to object it has to be on an issue contained in planning guidelines or some other policy (environment) of the Council.
Councils often 'disapprove' a development because they don't have the b@lls to make the decision themselves and don't want to risk upsetting the electorate - 'it wasn't us it was the Inspectors'
