The appropriate naming of streets, and the naming and numbering of buildings in streets, forms the basis for identifying property related information. This is important for:
- enabling effective responses to emergencies by ambulance, police, and fire services
- the delivery of post by the Royal Mail and courier services
- record keeping, for example, for legal transactions and billing
We address properties to the street they have direct access to (this is generally the street that the front door of the property faces). The street that the front door of the property faces. Every street is assigned to the appropriate village or town to create a geographic address.
We'll only consider the renaming/renumbering of existing streets and buildings if they pose a risk to the ability of the emergency services to locate a property. Also, if changes will resolve any problems with postal services and deliveries.
We aim to make any changes in harmony with the parish/ward/town council and the residents. This means that occasionally the numbering schemes will be reviewed or introduced.
Statutory context
We are the street naming and numbering authority for the Erewash Borough Council administrative area.
By law, we must formally approve all proposals for new street names and changes to street names before they are brought into use.
We also have the legal powers to number properties and to ensure names for properties are appropriate where numbering schemes exist or not.
The principle piece of legislation that we apply to the street naming and numbering is:
Public Health Act 1925: Sections 17, 18 and19 (for street naming and name plates)
Town and Improvement Clauses Act 1847: Sections 64 and 65 (for numbering of properties)
Royal Mail and Postcode queries
For postcode information always use the Royal Mail's Postcode Finder website. Royal Mail own postcodes and post towns they allocate them to create their postal addresses.
Postcode Finder - Find an address │ Royal Mail Group Ltd
Find your official geographic property address
You can search the FindMyAddress website to find out your official address.
If you spot a problem with our address data (for example, incorrect coordinates, postcode or a spelling issue) then please let us know. Please provide as much detail as possible as this will help us investigate the issue more thoroughly.
Postcodes are issued and dealt with by Royal Mail. We can update or change those seen via the FindMyAddress website which is based on our data.