Maybe you should buy the Mercury as well Reginald, then you would see a different report which explains it is nothing at all to do with the mayor ignoring the planning committee and doing what she wants. The application that was put in was as agreed at a full town council meeting by the councillors who are elected to do such matters on behalf of the residents, DDC planning committee approved that plan but did recommend that DTC "look again at the siting of the pole" (Mercury quote).
But the Decision Notice only approved the application as received, presumably the officers told the committee after the meeting that it could only be approved as submitted, if they wanted to change the position then a revised application would need to be submitted.
The full application and Decision Notice is
here.