New Development - Information For Developers
If you are a developer, you should contact the Address
Management Team before you commence work on site.
A single or small development will usually be named or numbered
within the existing street. If the property is within a numbered
road and there is no spare number available, then often A B C
suffixes are used along with the adjoining numbers (for example
12A, 12B, 12C...).
If the street has named properties, then the development plot
numbers will be used initially to register the property address and
subsequently, when the new owner chooses a name, we will follow our
standard process of Property Name Change. The information is then
sent to public utilities, emergency services, Land Registry,
Ordnance Survey and relevant Council services. You will also be
sent a copy of the registered address from which we would ask you
to inform your prospective purchasers of their new property
address.
If you are a developer of a large estate, you should contact us
as soon as you commence work on site so that we can process the
naming of any new streets and the numbering of your new properties
without delay. We will check your suggested street names for
duplication in the local area and forward them to Royal Mail and
the Town/Parish Council for consultation.
When we have an agreed name, we will then register the street
name/s and prepare a numbering schedule. The information is then
sent to public utilities, emergency services, Land Registry,
Ordnance Survey and relevant Council services. You will also be
sent a copy of the naming and numbering schedule from which we
would ask you to inform all your prospective purchasers of their
new property address. Where appropriate, you will be asked to
provide new street nameplates to our standard design. Cheshire East
Council can carry out this service and a cost will be provided at
the appropriate time.
We will need you to supply:
- A written request to name and number the new streets on the
development.
- A site layout plan and location plan.
- If possible written confirmation of the final layout for the
purposes of numbering the plots (If this is not possible we will be
happy to number the plots as you confirm them).
- An approximate date of when occupation is expected.
- Suggestions for the names of any new streets you would like to
be considered (If you prefer the Council to propose street names we
will be happy to arrange this).
The above information will help us to provide an efficient
service to you the Developer and your customers.
Street naming applications
(This form is currently inaccessible to visitors using assistive
technology. If you require help to complete a form please contact
address management on 01270 537488 or by
email .)
Property naming applications
(This form is currently inaccessible to visitors using assistive
technology. If you require help to complete a form please contact
address management on 01270 537488 or by
email .)
New housing estates/blocks of flats/office blocks
Please complete development details and plot details, save your
file and email to addressmanagement@cheshireeast.gov.uk
Activation of postcodes
Royal Mail enters all new properties, name changes and
amendments on their "Not yet built" file. This
data is not added to the Postal Address File on their web site
until the postcode is activated. A postcode can be activated when
the property is complete and ready for mail delivery. Royal Mail
requires confirmation that the properties are completed/occupied
before additions are made to the Postal Address File. This can
cause problems for utility connections which are required prior to
completion and occupation. Royal Mail will not add an address to
the Postcode Address File unless it receives postal deliveries.
It is the applicants/developers responsibility to notify Royal
Mail to activate the postcodes. As the development proceeds contact
the Address Development Centre at Sunderland on 08456 04 50 60
(Option 3) or fax 08456 05 44 33 to activate the postcodes for
connection of services or on completion/occupation of each
plot.
Allocation and activation of postcodes
