189,840 reasons why residents don't get a fair deal

Redbridge Council supplied pre-application advice fees received by the council to me earlier this week.

How can Redbridge planning department be neutral judges of applications when the borough gets huge sums from private developers.

The Tesco fees received so far are £189.840 per the photo below. The freedom of information request is at whatdotheyknow.com/request/pre_application_fees#incoming-2516228