} New Development (more than 1 dweling)
} New Properties
} Existing Properties - Change of Name
} Post Codes
} Rural Areas
} Who Does the Council Inform?
New Developments (more than 1 dwelling)
When a new housing development is built, the responsibility for choosing a name rests with the developer. However, the Council is to be consulted by the developer, which in turn consults with the community council, local councillors, Royal Mail and the emergency services.
If the developer has no proposed names for the development, the Council will request that the town/community council and local councillor(s) provide suggestions. Once any suggestions are received, the Council will consult with Royal Mail and the emergency services.
Objections are sometimes raised to proposed names, mainly because the name could be confused with similar road names in the area. In such cases the Council would ask the developer/community council to think again and come up with alternative suggestions.
The Council will try to find attractive and meaningful names often with some local historical association. Adoption of Welsh names for streets and new development will be promoted by giving due consideration to geographical, historical, cultural, demographic and linguistic factors.
The Council, in consultation with the developer, decides the numbering of new houses. As you enter a development, it is usual that the odd numbers are on the left, with evens on the right. If the development is small, the properties can be numbered in sequence, eg 1–7.
l Fees
The Council has introduced a fee for the service of naming and numbering new developments; the fees are as follows:
Naming & Numbering Developments - up to 5 plots
Naming & Numbering Developments - more than 5 plots |
£120.00
£250.00 |
l Information Required
To ensure that the process progresses as efficiently as possible, the developer is requested to provide the following information:
1. Proposed name
2. Location Plan and Site Plan
3. Relevant Fee (no details will be confirmed until the fee has been received).
An application form and further guidance notes can be downloaded from this page.
l Street nameplates
For further details regarding street nameplates please contact the Technical Services Department on Tel No: 01267 225125.
New Properties
If the dwelling is a one-off between two others, in a numbered sequence, usually an “a” is given to the number of the dwelling to its right. A requested name can also be given.
If it is a rural dwelling, and a number cannot be allocated then a name is chosen by the developer/owner. It is requested that the developer/owner forwards any suggested house names to the Council, which will consult Royal Mail. This ensures that the new property is officially registered.
In the case of developments in existing roads, where no new street name is required, the Council allocates postal numbers/names to new properties, in consultation with Royal Mail.
The Council will consult with the Royal Mail on all applications received. This would hopefully avoid names being chosen that might be confused with others in the area that might lead to post going astray and the emergency services being delayed.
l Fees
The Council has introduced a fee for the service of naming and numbering new properties; the fee is as follows:
| New House Name/Number |
£25.00 |
l Information RequiredTo ensure that the process progresses as efficiently as possible, the developer is requested to provide the following information:
1. Name and/or number for the new property;
2. Location Plan;
3. Correct fee (no details will be confirmed until the fee has been received).
An application form and further guidance notes can be downloaded from this page.
Existing properties – change of name
In the case of an owner wishing to change the name of an existing house, in an unnumbered street, the Council should be informed, via letter or email, of the proposed name.
The Council will consult with the Royal Mail on all applications received. This would hopefully avoid names being chosen that might be confused with others in the area that might lead to post going astray and the emergency services being delayed.
l Fees
The Council has introduced a fee for the service of re-naming existing properties; the fee is as follows:
| Change of House Name |
£25.00 |
l Information RequiredTo ensure that the process progresses as efficiently as possible, the developer is requested to provide the following information:
1. Proposed name
2. Relevant Fee (no details will be confirmed until the fee has been received).
An application form and further guidance notes can be downloaded from this page.
Post Codes
Royal Mail allocates new postcodes, following receipt of information from the Council. If a developer/owner contacts Royal Mail direct, they will be asked to contact the Council.
Rural Areas