My authority has recently received a large application, where following public consultation it was found that the certificate of ownership is very inaccuate (they served Cert A which the LPA took at face value, but it was found that large chunks of the site were owned by a number of different owners / and unknown owners). Consequently they had to carry out consultation for a Cert D.
The question I have is does the original inaccurate certicate render the application in valid, since they should have served notice on all landowners 21 days prior to the submission of the application. Should the application actually only be valid from the day the 21 days expire?
What have other LPAs done in this situation?
