Coronation Street - Current Episode Discussion - IV

[parkerman]

That's a good point! They could have done some research and laid claim to the building safe in the knowledge nobody else would come forward to say otherwise at least in the near future. I would hope that real councils check these things, but who knows with Corrie's fantasy version?

Strange as it seems you can apply for planning permission on buildings you don't own but you have to show some proof from the actual owners that you have a right to make the alterations or that a sale is going through. Any council should thoroughly check ownership or permission. That is one of the reasons planning permission for a development like this would normally take several months. Of course in Corrie, permission was all done and dusted in a couple of weeks.

Edit: P.S. It's not difficult for the Council to check ownership with the Land Registry.