You are very right. What I said was sort of incorrect. I'm referring to this in the UK: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_and_Country_Planning_Act_1947 http

You are very right. What I said was sort of incorrect. I'm referring to this in the UK: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_and_Country_Planning_Act_1947 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_and_Country_Planning_Ac... In particular it means that owning land does not automatically allow you to build on it.