The primary purpose of this function for Local Authorities is to facilitate easy identification of premises by, amongst others, the emergency services.

Developers can submit their plans online, by email or via post. All plans must include the following:-

• Total Number of Plots
• Proposed Street Name(s)
• Types of Property: Flats including number of storeys and flats per storey
• Door access to street
• Site Boundary
• Access Road
• North Arrow
• Plot Numbers

Once the developer has commenced building on site, a plan will be passed to the duty Street Numbering Officer who will produce the street numbering scheme.

To dispute an address or inform us of a problem, access our online reporting service and follow the instructions on the screen.

Once a street numbering scheme has been finalised, any amendments will result in additional charges being incurred by the developer. This includes changes to the number of plots, amalgamations or addition of plots, changes to the house types or repositioning of plots.

We also provide a service to house owners who wish to name a house or alter a house name. This service includes a listing on our Land and Property Gazatteer as well as notification being sent to all interested parties, including the emergency services.

Click here to download our request forms

Fees

We currently have a charge for changes to finalised schemes. This charge is £75 plus £30 for each plot that requires renumbering. A charge of £30 is also issued for the addition or alteration of a house name.

On 1st April 2009 charges were amended and new charges for the issuing of notification were introduced.

For more details please see "Street Naming and Numbering Fees".

Postcodes and Mail

Ashfield District Council is not responsible for issuing new postcodes; this is the responsibility of Royal Mail. However, Royal Mail will not issue a postcode for a new street or property until requested to do so by the Council.

Postcodes for commercial premises are allocated in the same way as residential premises, but a large company or business can apply to Royal Mail for its own code – known as a large user code. Application for a large user code is the responsibility of the business, as they will know what volume of mail they generate.

For more information please see the Royal Mail website.

The Post Office also offers a range of online services, including:-

• Postcode Finder
• Information on why the postcode is fundamental to the delivery of mail
• Report problems with mail going to the wrong address

The Land Registry

Land Registry is the government department responsible for providing a state guarantee of ownership by registering land and property in England and Wales.

Local authorities send Land Registry these changes to update their records in the property register. However, Local Authorities are not permitted to send details of ownership to the Land Registry, this has to be completed by the owner of the property.

Please see the Land Registry website for details.