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Any new house, development, or redevelopment that takes place in the Borough needs to be named and numbered. If you are a developer and need more information about how you apply for a new street name, contact us.

Details

Each local authority in the UK has statutory responsibility for issuing official addresses in their area.  In Bromley, any new addresses or changes to addresses are done through the street naming and numbering process. This is undertaken by the Address Management team based in Local Land Charges.

If you wish to change your house name or obtain addresses for a new development, the process is the same: contact Address Management and we will send you an application form and an Ordnance Survey map extract of the application site. If new street or property names are involved then we must send your choices of name to the Fire Service and Royal Mail to check that there is no duplication, conflict, awkward spelling or pronunciation. This should only take a few days. Once the Fire Service and Royal Mail have responded with any objections, we write to confirm which of the supplied names you can use. If only street numbers are involved  we don't usually need to consult.

Your letter of confirmation is also your official street naming and numbering certificate. As part of issuing an address, many other official organisations are notified, including Council Tax, Electoral Register, Royal Mail, HM Land Registry, Ordnance Survey, the utilities and emergency services.

Please note that the Royal Mail, not the local authority, is responsible for issuing any new postcodes or change of postcodes.  They will do this once they receive confirmation from us. 

We will update our own records, which will in turn update the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) database. The NLPG is part of a Government initiative.

Contacts

Telephone: 020 8313 4742
Fax: 020 8461 7769
e-mail: address.management@bromley.gov.uk

Address:
Local Land Charges, Bromley Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, Bromley BR1 3UH