The actor, who plays Steve McDonald on the soap, asked Emma Gleave to marry him after she moved into his home in Wilmslow, Cheshire last week.
A source told the newspaper, "The wedding is in September next year. Emma is over the moon. They are madly in love. He's got a reputation as a bad boy but that's all in his past.
"He's such a gent he asked Emma's dad for permission to marry her."
The pair have been dating for six months.
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