A Change page has no baring at all on any applications. The only thing they will take into consideration would be any made to planning application on the planning portal. Even then, they have to take things into consideration, and can’t just reject it because it will make some people unhappy. There needs to be lawful reasons why they reject the application.
Additionally the council will be aware that there will be a lot of people unhappy with it, and that some of those may have anterior motives, which rally weakens the legit concerns. So a large pushback wouldn’t be unexpected.
They would also presumably have pressure from central government to back a scheme as well.