Street Naming and Numbering Policy

Charging for Street Naming and Numbering Service

The Council will charge for the Street Naming and Numbering process as specified below.

Under Section 93 of the Local Government Act 2003, Local Authorities have the power to charge where they provide a service if they are authorised, but not required, to provide the service. The charge must not exceed the cost of providing the service.

For Street Naming and Numbering these charges are:

  1. £25.00 per property for changes to house names;
  2. £40.00 per property for changes to street names;
  3. £40.00 per property for naming new developments.

These charges have to be paid prior to any changes being made.

Changes made without contacting us will not be registered with services and organisations listed in Appendix A. These organisations will not be informed until payment is received. The Council cannot be held liable for mail delivery problems caused by failure to inform us of house name changes.

These charges will be reviewed on an annual basis.

The Council is keen to ensure all new developments are postally named and numbered correctly.