i dont know if you are letting your hatred of the council cloud your replies mate
the club put together a access and scale application which was always going to be rejected, it will go back the is will be dotted and the ts will be crossed and a outline plan covering the whole scheme will be submitted, since the size of the project has been modified to make it more appeasable to the residents in the surrounding area, and the access issues have been cleared up, then there will be no reason to object the outline plan, following on this then a detailed plan will be issued, with colour choices and the like...
the council only rejected it because the client hadnt provided sufficient information for it to pass, and the main concern was the volume of traffic which the report the client issued was incorrect
if the traffic and the scale of the project had been correct then the outline plan for access and scale would be accepted ready to make a full outline planning permission submission