New or Change of Postal Address
Street
Naming and Numbering Policy
The council is responsible for the naming and numbering of streets and buildings in East Devon, under the Town Improvement Clauses Act 1847. We do this to make sure that new street names and building names and numbers are allocated logically to ensure, among other things:
- the effective delivery of mail,
- that emergency service vehicles are able to locate addresses easily.
If
you want to change the name or number of your property
or you want an address for a new property, you should apply in writing to us following the procedures
detailed
in the Council's 
Street Naming and Numbering Policy (731KB - PDF Help).
You can download an application form for the allocation of a postal address by using the links below:
Allocation
of Official Postal Address form (Word format) (58KB)- Allocation of Official
Postal Address form (PDF format) (53KB - PDF Help)
If proposals comply with our policy and, for street names, do not meet with an objection from the Town/Parish Councils or the Royal Mail Address Development Centre, the new address will be formally allocated and all relevant bodies will be notified.
Charging
for Street Naming and Numbering
We charge for "cosmetic" changes and "reworking" previously completed developments, as follows:
- £72.40 for renaming a single property
- £72.40 per address for rework to an existing named or numbered development.
Issues which do not fall into the two charging categories above, but which require a "cosmetic" change to a property address (or addresses), will be charged in multiples of £72.40 at the discretion of the GIS Office Supervisor.
