Property Name Change Form (66kb)
Naming or name change (Existing properties)
Naming & numbering (New properties)
Street naming
Street numbering
New addresses
Relevant agencies which the council notify
For further information please telephone (01493) 846432
or send an email to lc@great-yarmouth.gov.uk
Naming or name change: (Existing properties)
The Council can arrange for property name changes, or a name added to a property which has a number only. For this service there is a fee of forty pounds (£40.00), the cheque being made payable to Great Yarmouth Borough Council. The applicant should complete the appropriate form (see below) and send it to:
Property Name Change Form (66kb)
Great Yarmouth Borough Council
Planning and Development Department
Maltings House
Malthouse Lane
Gorleston-on-Sea
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR31 0GY
Telephone: (01493) 846432
FAO. Mrs. L. Cox
e-mail: lc@great-yarmouth.gov.uk
It should give details of the property's existing name and number and full address, and your proposed name, including the cheque for the above amount. A location plan showing your property would also be helpful. Please note, you cannot replace a number with a name.
In return we will consult with the Royal Mail, as in some cases there may be a property in the near vicinity with the same or similar name. In this case, the Royal Mail will suggest that the applicant makes another choice to avoid future confusion. After this a letter will be sent out to the applicant to confirm the acceptance of the requested name.
Naming & numbering: (New properties)
The applicant should complete the appropriate form (see below) and send it to the above address, including a location and layout plan showing the property. We will, in conjunction with Royal Mail, number the property and supply a postcode.
New Property Numbering Form (65kb)
1. Street names of local geographical or historical interest may be acceptable.
2. Avoid names which could be ambiguous or have double meaning.
3. Naming roads after 'living persons' is not acceptable. Naming of a road after a well known local personality from a past era may be acceptable. It is essential that the person put forward lived in the town or village in question. In this case full names, e.g. Fred Smith, are to be avoided and surnames only, used. Naming roads after members of the developer's family is also to be avoided, unless they come under all of the above. If the developer experiences problems coming up with proposed road names, this Department will be happy to give assistance.
4. Marketing names for developments i.e. 'Sunny Brook View' may be incorporated into the address if the developers wish, although the Council will require plenty of notice, and suitability of the name in question will be looked at.
5. It would be advisable to have more than one choice of name in case your first choice is unacceptable. Please write down in order of preference.
Please Note: The final decision on street naming rests with the Borough Council. Before a name or numbering system is agreed, the Council has to consult the Royal Mail, notify Ward and Parish Councillors, and take into account the requirements of the Ordnance Survey and Emergency Services.
1. When numbering, as you enter the road/development, odd numbers will appear on the left and evens on the right. Numbers will be left open ended to allow for possible continuation of the road/development at a later stage.
2. Where the development involves a Close, Court or Cul-De-Sac etc. and some of the properties front on to an existing road, these properties will be numbered using the same numbering sequence of that road and the address will reflect this approach. If there are no spare numbers available for that purpose A, B, C etc will be used after an existing number.
3. Every property must have a number, which is supplied by this Department. Names are an optional 'extra' and should be avoided if possible.
4. This way of numbering makes it easier for emergency services to find the property. The emergency services now use computerised mapping to find properties and the use of numbers ensures a property can be located quickly. Map alterations take time to change and a change in house name could lead to confusion in emergency situations.
New addresses
Each month maps of new addresses will be posted under this section
New addresses for October 2008 Bure Close Belton (309kb) Grove Close Martham (551kb) King Street Great Yarmouth (551kb) Kings Drive Bradwell (292kb) Long Beach Hemsby (206kb) North Road Hemsby (363kb) Poplar Drive Filby (209kb) Queensway Caister (392kb) Runham Road Stokesby (200kb) St Mary's Close Hemsby (391kb) Windsor Avenue Great Yarmouth (347kb)
New addresses for September 2008 Bracecamp Close Ormesby St Margaret (277kb) Fakes Road Hemsby (321kb) Lords Lane Bradwell (267kb) Mill Lane Martham (219kb) North Road Gorleston (292kb) Poplar Drive Filby (245kb) Suffolk Place Great Yarmouth (563kb) Yarmouth Road Caister (335kb)
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Relevant agencies which the council notify of street naming and numbering additions or changes
Gas
British Gas Trading (Manchester)
Electricity
EDF Energy (Norwich)
E.ON U.K. PLC (Formerly Powergen) (Ipswich)
Water
Essex and Suffolk Water Plc (Chelmsford)
Anglian Water Authority (Lincs)
British Telecom
BT Newsites (Felixtowe)
Royal Mail
Royal Mail (Great Yarmouth)
Royal Mail Head Office (Shrewsbury)
Emergency Services
Norfolk Constabulary (Wymondham)
Area Chief Ambulance Officer (Norwich)
Chief Fire Officer (Great Yarmouth)
Departments within Great Yarmouth Borough Council
Property Services
Engineering Services
Legal Services
Building Control
Planning Policy
Development Control
Searches
Revenue Services
Council Tax
Local Land Charge
Environmental Health
Borough Works
Other
District Valuer & Valuation Office (Norwich)
Whole District Land Registry (Hull)
Norfolk County Council (Norwich)
Ordnance Survey (Norwich)
Navteq Corporation (Warwickshire)
Please note:The above list includes all the major companies; if you are with a private company i.e. NTL for telephone services, it would be up to you to notify them yourselves.