Street Naming and Numbering

North West Leicestershire District Council is responsible for street naming and numbering in the district.

With increasing development in and around Coalville and the surrounding area, it is vital that the emergency services, the Post Office, utility services, other organisations and the general public have an efficient means of locating and referencing properties.

Street naming and numbering is there to ensure any new streets and buildings are named and numbered in a logical and standardised way.

The responsibility for street naming and numbering rests with the LLPG Custodian and the Address Management Officer to ensure that all new streets are named in accordance with BS7666 and are entered in the Council's LLPG (Local Land and Property Gazetteer) in the correct format.

New Streets and Developments

To apply for new street name(s) and/or new property number(s) please complete the application form below and return to us, along with a site location plan and street layout. Developers are encouraged to suggest street names in accordance with the Guidance Notes.

The Council is now taking a more pro-active approach and developers and customers will be contacted if an application form is not returned within 10 working days once planning permission for development/change of use of a property has been granted.

Application Form - New Street Name/Property Number (PDF Document, 0.14 Mb)

Named Houses with No Postal Number

If your property has a name instead of a postal number and you wish to change the name please complete the form below. This is to maintain the address database held by the Council (called the Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG)) and to ensure that the guidance is followed as for street naming. This will also ensure that properties in the same area don't have the same name, in order to avoid confusion for the emergency services and the post office.

Please note that North West Leicestershire District Council charges for this work.

Application Form - Change of Property Name (PDF Document, 0.24 Mb)

Houses with Postal Names and Numbers

If your property has a postal number and you want to give it a name as well, you do not need approval. However, the name may only be used informally. Please complete the form below so that the Local Land and Property Gazetteer will contain this amendment. Name changes can cause confusion for postal deliveries and the emergency services, so please let us inform them on your behalf.

Within the Leicestershire Act 1985 it is mandatory that you maintain a visible number from the street, even if you have also allocated a name to your property. You can use the name in postal communication but you must also use the number. Your property will always be identified by the number.

Application Form - Change of Property Name (PDF Document, 0.24 Mb)

Renaming of Houses or Businesses

If you wish to rename your property, then please complete the form below and return it to us.

Also complete this form if you have received planning permission for a Change of use of a business or just wish to change the name of an existing business.

Please note that there may be a charge for this amendment depending up on the type of change.

Application Form - Change of Property Name (PDF Document, 0.24 Mb)

By informing us of a change of name, we can keep our LLPG database up to date. This in turn will keep the Royal Mail and emergency services up to date with any address changes.

It is the responsibility of the property owner to inform Land Registry of a house/property name change approval; this is so that your title deeds reflect the name of the property.

The contact address for properties in North West Leicestershire is:

Leicester Land Registry
Westbridge Close
Leicester
LE3 5DR

Allocation of New Postal Addresses and New Streets

Once a new postal address or street name has been allocated, we will contact Royal Mail, who are responsible for the allocation of postcodes. Royal Mail will not allocate a postcode until they have received formal notification from ourselves of a new street name or address.
On receipt of the postcode, we will then inform the developer or occupier as appropriate. We will also inform other interested parties of the new address or street name. These include the emergency services, Council departments and other organisations.

Postcodes

North West Leicestershire District Council is not responsible for the assigning of postcodes to addresses.
The Royal Mail does this. Any queries regarding postcodes can be dealt with by the Royal Mail by calling 08456 045060 (Postcode Enquiries), or via their website.