Idunno,
on a J/S ride over to JFK I clearly heard the tower controller say "You are number 5 cleared to land". This is standard in the States but have not heard of it outside of there.
Whilst you're here though perhaps you can help me in this regard.
As a tower controller at an airfield that is getting consistentley busier, I am having to frequentley give landing clearances inside 1 mile from touch down, roughly at a point where an embankment is causing turbulence to add to the high cockpit workload.
Would you rather I give you a land after clearance when you are further out, or a cleared to land instruction at this point?