The term 'well founded objections' in a delegation of development application determination power requires an objective evaluation — there must be an objective factual basis for the objection and it must disclose a real or material impact, not one which is incidental or slight. Where a council officer acts outside the scope of a delegation by determining an application that falls within an exclusionary provision, the consent is invalid and cannot be saved as a mere 'internal administrative error'. Compliance with numerical planning controls does not preclude objections from being well founded or constituting reasonable grounds for refusal.
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