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If it gets rejected it can get appealed. The council planning officer has encouraged the developer to withdraw the application rather than reject it, in the hope that he won't then be able to appeal but he seems set on developing the site. Even though he has no route to buying it currently.
The deadline on the application is tomorrow, but the planning officer doesn't have all information required to make a final decision, due to Covid related delays so it will be extended.
You have to hope that the app gets turned down - what’s a reasonable time for that, 3 months or so?