Developers large and small will get their way with planners wherever you are because they have money and influence. It happens all over the UK (and I've moved around a fair bit) - no matter how many local objections there are if you've got enough money or the ear of someone in power, you'll get what you want.
I learnt that lesson the first time in one of the most beautiful little villages in the south where a local developer wanted to build two large, hideous houses in a prominent position. Everyone objected - made no difference. He built them.
Good luck with the objecting - it's still worth fighting even if too often "they" win.
The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
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