The optimist wrote:Which takes us upto christmas the work will start which will be a good present for us all, can they turn the ground over now or do we need to wait till then?
To be fair mate.. seeing as your council are well on side with this I wouldn't be surprised if this goes through in record time. I think you might be well on your way before the Christmas break.
If you needed to you could certainly clear the land again as that doesn't need planning permission. It's all a question of whether they want to take the (incredibly small really as to be discounted) risk of the permission being refused and having spent the money on the clearing.
It won't be long before you have real, actual movement on this I'm sure!!