I have submitted some positive support - I wish it were not necessary - both from the point of view of local opposition and from the planning law aspects.
I doubt such positive support will have any impact - again under the planning laws the judgement is made on the basis of whether or not the rules have been followed. How or why Bagby have a runway and numbers of buildings without planning permission is the crux of the issue - and the one which it is very likely to see successful planning enforcement action taken.
At the end of the day most councils have a lot of people who to put it kindly, have 'time on their hands'. Make monkeys of them and you give them a mission, if that mission has support from the local residents then things do not look good.