There's an outrageous planning application round here for a new crematorium. The proposal is for it to be on the coast, so the catchment would be 180 degrees of the area as opposed to the usual 360 degrees :-). There are other issues aplenty...
Hundreds of us objected (in detail) on the Cornwall Council website. Not one of us paid a penny to do so. Charging people to object sounds incredibly undemocratic to me...