Guidelines for applying
- Proposals can be submitted by owners, developers or occupiers, provided the freeholder's permission is obtained.
- We generally avoid renaming existing named streets that contain occupied buildings, unless the benefits outweigh the obvious disadvantages. However, if changes occur that cause or are likely to cause problems for the occupiers, the Post Office or the emergency services, then the street (or a section of it) may need to be renamed. For instance, where a road has been split into two or more sections by traffic management schemes or development across it, and traversal of the whole length of the road is no longer possible, one section would have to be renamed to avoid confusion.
- Names with some link to the history or environment of the locality, or commemorating a former distinguished resident or someone who was active in the community, are preferred. Names of people still living or deceased for fewer than ten years are no longer permitted.
- We discourage the informal adoption of marketing names by developers. These are names which are perceived to have some attraction to prospective purchasers. However, these names are unlikely to be approved by the council for address purposes, and so this practice can cause confusion and inconvenience for the eventual occupiers. Marketing names do not form part of official addresses.