"Mike Huskisson" wrote in message
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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.


They are supposed to. The "Open Government" initiative from the 90s
insisted upon it. In any case, even before that you had rights of access to
some of the data under the Data Protection Act.