Street Naming

Street naming and numbering is a statutory function and the powers for local authorities are contained in Sections 64 and 65 of the Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847, and Sections 17 and 18 of the Public Health Act of 1925. This legislation requires the council to prepare street naming and numbering schemes and to maintain a good standard of street nameplates.

East Lindsey District Council has a duty to ensure that all roads in the districts are named and all properties numbered or named.

Maintaining a comprehensive and high standard for naming streets and numbering or naming properties is essential to:

• Ensure mail is delivered efficiently.

• Facilitate emergency services finding a property without undue delay.

• Provide consistency of property-based information across local government and national address data sets (e.g., the National Address Gazetteer and related Ordnance Survey Address Base products). • Facilitate the reliable delivery of services and products.

• Enable the public to find where they want to go.

Section 64 of the Town Improvement Clauses Act 1847 also gives the council the power to insist that the name of every street to be is shown in a conspicuous position, and to alter or renew it if it becomes illegible. It also makes it illegal to pull down a street name which has been lawfully set up.

Links to the street naming and numbering procedure and application form can be found below.