Just playing devils advocate here...
Re "as long as the application complies with planning law and published planning policy"
Re "as long as the application complies with planning law and published planning policy"
Does not taking on board the Councillors' comments etc have anything to do with planning law and policy?And anyone reading the planning officer's report will see that they don't think it does and why. Seemingly not taking on board Councillors' pre-application comments/requests/suggestions on the design and then, more or less, showing two fingers to a couple of fairly standard S106 commitments didn't really leave the officer(s) with any choice.