Street naming and numbering

• Individuals or developers building new houses, commercial or industrial premises.
• Individuals or developers carrying out conversions of residential, commercial or industrial premises which will create new properties or premises.

Procedures for new developments

Developers are advised to start the street naming process soon after Planning Permission is granted and no later than when the Building Regulations commencement inspection is carried out, or an Approved Inspector Notice is given.

To avoid confusion you should be careful about using addresses in marketing material before they are approved. Problems can be caused if people have bought properties which have been marketed under an unofficial name and legal documents have already been drafted. It should be pointed out in written documents that marketing addresses are subject to approval by us and may need to be changed.

The Royal Mail will not allocate a postcode until they receive official notification of new or amended addresses from us.