Originally Posted by
Whirlybird
Don't you think maybe the sheer number of letters they received might have helped them make up their minds?
It might do - whilst I would argue against cotterpot's claim that councillors "often" make an untenable refusal so that they can blaim the resulting grant of permssion on the inspector, I'm not going to claim it never happens: I'd put it at "sometimes" rather than "often", and we do feel guilty about doing it.
And you never know, the horse might learn to sing. (IE, the inspector might actually uphold an untenable refusal.)