On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:29:26 +0000, Tim Streater wrote:

Richard Drax ignored the wishes of hundreds of residents

Umm, surely it was the planning committee that "ignored the wishes".

Well, not even. The Planning Committee takes no notice at all of any
response to an application that consists of anything along the lines of
"I don't like it or want it". There has to be a *planning* *reason* to
reject an application. It'll just get turned over on appeal otherwise.

There y'go, then.

"Hundreds of people had a pointless whine" doesn't make the same kind of
headlines for the Daily Wail, does it?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2505891