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Street Naming and Numbering
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    • Foreword
      • Background
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      • Acknowledgement
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    • 1. Introduction
      • Aims of this Code
      • Scope of this Code
    • 2. Governance
      • Decision making process
        • Executive arrangements and committee system
        • SNN executive functions
        • Executive arrangements under a Committee system
        • Delegated Powers within the role of SNN
      • SNN policy
        • SNN policy structure example
      • Consultation under local governance
        • Implied duty to consult
          • The law and best practice for the renaming of streets and buildings (December 2020) page 33
        • Lists of proposed street names
        • Consulting with town, parish and ward councillors
        • Street and property names of living or deceased persons
      • Role and responsibilities of the SNN Officer
      • Legal obligations and guidance
        • Access to information
          • The law and best practice for the renaming of streets and buildings (December 2020) pages 30-31
        • Retention of documents
          • SNN retention policy
      • Enforcement
        • Offences
        • Fines
        • Building Number Notice
    • 3. Acts and legislation
      • Introduction
      • Powers and duties
      • The legislative schemes
      • Legislation review
        • Notes on Legislation review
        • Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847 (1847 Act)
        • Public Health Act 1875 (1875 Act)
        • Walsall Corporation Act 1890
        • West Glamorgan Act 1890
        • Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907 (1907 Act)
        • Public Health Act 1925 (1925 Act)
        • Rating And Valuation Act 1925
        • London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 (1939 Act)
        • Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1963
        • Local Government Act 1965
        • Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1965
        • London Government Order 1965
        • Local Government Act 1972 (1972 Act)
        • Cheshire County Council Act 1980
        • County Of Merseyside Act 1980
        • West Midlands County Council Act 1980
        • Greater Manchester Act 1981
        • County Of Kent Act 1981
        • Criminal Justice Act 1982
        • Humberside Act 1982
        • Cornwall County Council Act 1984
        • Leicestershire Act 1985
        • Oxfordshire Act 1985
        • Local Government Act 1985
        • West Glamorgan Act 1987
        • Local Government Finance Act 1988
        • Town And Country Planning Act 1990
        • Local Government Act 2000
        • Postal Services Act 2000
        • Local Government Act 2003
        • Localism Act 2011
        • Electoral Registration And Administration Act 2013
        • Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (2023 Act)
        • The first scheme and property naming
        • The 1925 Act and property numbering
      • Consultation required by legislation
        • Notices
          • Notice of intention to order naming of a street
          • Objection to street name notice
          • Street name change order notice
          • Renaming part of street name order notice
        • Objections to notices (1925 act)
      • The definition of a street, a highway and a building
        • Definitions of streets, highways and buildings
      • SNN links to other functions
        • Planning and Building Control
        • Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rates
        • Local Land Charges Act
        • Relationship with other public bodies
      • Welsh language street signs
        • Further information on Welsh language street signs
        • The Welsh Language Standards (No. 1) Regulations 2015
    • 4. Charging
    • 5. Consultation
      • Definition of consultation
        • Legal requirements for consultation
        • Appeals under the 1925 act
        • Local governance consultation
      • Consultation period and manner
      • Street and property names with Royal connotations
      • Royal Mail consultation
    • 6. Street name allocation
      • Importance of a street name
      • Street naming considerations
      • Street naming conventions
        • Prefixes
        • Suffixes
          • List of suffixes for street names
        • Punctuation
        • Plurals
        • Numbers
        • Abbreviations
      • Naming an existing road with no name
      • Renaming of streets
      • List of proposed street names
      • List of existing street names
      • Developer’s proposals for street names
    • 7. Property numbering and naming allocation
      • What types of building should be allocated numbers or names
      • Non-postal addresses
      • Number or name?
      • Property numbering and naming conventions
        • Prefixes
          • Building subdivision prefixes and suffixes
        • Suffixes
          • List of building name suffixes
        • Punctuation
        • Plurals
        • Numbers
        • Abbreviations
      • Property numbering considerations
        • Numbering of internal Sub-divisions
      • Property name considerations
        • Renaming of buildings
      • Considerations
        • Considerations for all new properties in a cul-de-sac
        • Considerations for all new properties on an existing street
        • Considerations for all new building number suffixes
        • Considerations for all new self-contained internal building sub-divisions
        • Considerations for renumbering of a building/s
    • 8. Royal Mail postcode allocation
      • Role of Royal Mail
      • Consultation
      • Notification
    • 9. Allocations and notifications
      • Record of decision and decision notice
        • SNN decision document recommended information
        • Example scheme of delegation record of decision
        • Example Decision Template
      • Notifications
        • Applicant
        • Local authority LLPG Officer
        • Other local authority services
        • Royal Mail
        • Valuation Office
        • Land Registry
    • 10. Processes
      • The processes
      • Renaming of streets and buildings
      • Application forms
    • 11. Street name plates and property signage
      • Responsibility for street name plates
      • Responsibility for property signage
      • Specification for street name plates and property signage
        • The Department for Transport Circular Roads 3/93
          • Department for Transport Circular Roads 3/93 Appendix A
          • Department for Transport Circular Roads 3/93 Appendix B
          • Department for Transport Circular Roads 3/93 Appendix C
        • Specification for Street name plates
        • Street name plates in Wales
        • Street and building names in London
    • 12. Scenarios
    • Glossary
    • Table of Contents
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For information about the display of street names in Wales see:
Welsh Language Street Signs

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