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They don't have to tell you that there has been an objection, the onus is
on you to look in the file,

Not all councils allow you to 'look in the file', particularly if the matter
is still undecided.

Objections do mean though that it will go to committee which is not always
the case if there are no objections

Not necessarily - depends on your council's delegation arrangements:
increasingly these days, to speed things up as the govt wants, less cases
are put before committee and you need to check whether the receipt of an
objection is enough to trigger a referral to the committee.