A new through road will be numbered with odds on the left-hand side and evens on the right-hand side, working from the centre of the parish.

A cul-de-sac will be numbered consecutively with number 1 of the left working in a clockwise direction, unless the cul-de-sac can be extended in the future.

Names that could give offence are not to be used, nor are names that could encourage defacing of nameplates. The Council reserves the right to object to any suggested name deemed to be inappropriate.

Additional new properties in existing streets that are currently numbered will always be allocated a property number.

Private garages and similar buildings used for housing cars and similar will not be numbered.

All numbers, including the number 13, must be used in the proper sequence and there shall be no exclusion of any number due to superstitious, cultural, or personal preference.

Once numbered, the Council will not normally re-number properties. Indeed, it will only re-number a property where it can be shown that there are consistent delivery problems or issues with emergency services.

Buildings (including those on corner sites) are numbered according to the street in which the main entrance is to be found and the manipulation of numbering to secure a “prestige” address or to avoid an address which is thought to have undesired associations, will not be sanctioned.

If a multiple occupancy building (i.e., flats) has entrances in more than one street, each entrance will be numbered into the appropriate road.

The Council will use numbers followed by letter suffixes where there are no alternatives and to avoid the renumbering of other properties in the existing street. For example, these will be used at the discretion of the Council where infill properties are built, and insufficient numbers are available.

Wherever possible, infill properties requiring a suffix will be given the property number before the infill to maintain a proper numbering sequence.

All property numbers must be displayed and be at least 100mm in height and on a contrasting background. They should clearly be visible from the highway, and this may mean the numbers being displayed on posts, gates or fences (and not necessarily the door of the property) to aid easy identification of the property, particularly in the event of an emergency.

If open space or undeveloped areas exist along a length of road, it is usual to leave spare numbers. As a guide one number per 5m frontage in urban areas and 10m frontage in rural areas is used, however open spaces can often allow numbers either side of a road to be brought in line with each other.

Where two or more properties are combined to form one single property, the property will be numbered using one of the existing numbers and will normally be based on the location of the main entrance.

In agreement with the Council, all apartments/flats should begin with 1 and progress consecutively until all have been numbered, which may not be as per the plans submitted by the developer. This is intended to help to ensure that all properties are addressed and as part of a nationally accepted addressing standard (BS7666). Any variance from such conventions in the submitted application may be likely to cause confusion in property identification.

Moored houseboats will form part of the Council’s LLPG, which in turn forms part of the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG). The Council will only allocate an official address and inform Royal Mail where it has an operational requirement to do so, or it believes the property is being used for permanent residency in the District and therefore subject to Council Tax. This will assist any emergency response and create a unique record for each property for future use. Such addresses will have to meet requirements for secure delivery points for Royal Mail.

Holiday lets will be added to The Council’s LLPG and will be flagged as non-official and non-postal in systems that generate mail. This is to assist emergency response and create a unique record for each property. If the address reverts to residential, it is the responsibility of the owner to contact the Council to ensure that the address is formally registered.

For any dwelling accessed internally through a commercial premise, the accommodation will be given a prefix to match the accommodation type i.e. The Flat. The rest of the address will be the same as the parent property, e.g., where a flat above a public house and is only accessed internally, its address will be The Flat, Name of Public House, Street Number and Name.