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If a property is not 'registered' through the street naming and numbering process the address will not appear on the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) or the Royal Mail Postal Address File (PAF) and the owner or occupier may have difficulties with services such as:
Milton Keynes Council has a statutory power to name and number streets as well as to approve and officially register property addresses within the borough.
Royal Mail will not allocate a postcode until they receive official notification of new or amended addresses from the council.
You should apply to us for address allocation once you have received planning and building regulation approvals. We will then:
Utility companies are reluctant to install services without an official address and postcode.
If your request involves the naming of new streets please allow sufficient time due to the consultation process with local ward Councillors and Parish Councils. We would not normally officially register an address until a site commences (when the footings are laid).
Apply for street naming and numbering
Applications will not be processed until the full fee has been paid by the applicant. When applying online payment may be made by debit or credit card or by BACS transfer.
What needs to be included in an application?
The Council has a street naming and numbering policy which sets out how and why we charge. Under the policy naming and numbering charges will be imposed for the following services:
Read our 2022 charging schedule.
In extremely rare cases streets may need to be renamed or numbered, under the current charging policy the Council will not charge for this service but will review this annually.
You will not be charged for changing or adding a house name.
If at the end of the process you have been over charged or additional services need to be paid for, you will be contacted by our administration team who can take payment or issue a refund over the telephone to your debit or credit card.