What street naming and numbering involves

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Our street naming and numbering service involves:

• choosing street names in Renfrewshire
• allocating numbers to properties on those streets
• notifying people and organisations who need to keep an up-to-date record of all new or changed property addresses, such as the emergency services, and
• in exceptional circumstances, renaming streets and renumbering properties.

A street can be renamed for various reasons, but usually it is to make addressing clearer. When it happens, we put an advert in the local press explaining the proposals, contact all affected property owners and ask for responses within 28 days of the advert appearing. When that period ends we consider all the responses and make a decision. If the street name then changes, we confirm this to all affected property owners and third parties such as the utility companies, emergency services, Royal Mail and the Renfrewshire Valuation Joint Board who handle council tax payments.

Naming new streets
We contact the developer for information on the development layout when work starts on a site so that we can start the street naming process.

Information we need to allocate street names and numbers
We need drawings showing the layout of the development, so that we can identify individual properties and roads. For flats or sub-divided properties, we need floor layouts for every level so that we can give a separate address to each unit.

Your drawings
We prefer drawings in electronic format and preferably AutoCAD files. The drawings should show only the site layout (and floor plans for sub-divided or flatted properties) together with roads and footways. The drawings should clearly identify individual properties. If you send drawings with additional layers or elements, please include a clear statement showing which layers or elements provide this information. This will make it easier for us to identify the relevant information.

Your naming suggestions
We welcome suggestions from developers for new street names and ask them for property details that may help with the naming and numbering process. We also ask local councillors for the ward where the development is being built for their suggestions, taking account of the proposals put forward by the developers.

Our street naming standards:

• The first part of the street name should not already appear in a Renfrewshire street name (for example 'Cotton' as in 'Cotton Street'). If it does, the street where it is used must be in the immediate vicinity of the new development. This is to help people to find the street more easily.
• The second part of the street name (for example 'Street' as in 'Cotton Street') should reflect the nature of the development. For example, a broad, tree-lined street could have the name 'Avenue'.
• Where possible, we try to keep historical names which were previously used in, or around, the development site.

Property numbering
We number properties using the same system as Glasgow City Council and Renfrewshire Joint Valuation Board. This is described in detail in this guide:

Property numbering conventions (pdf-306KB)
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What happens next?
We send details of all new addresses to people and organisations who need to keep up-to-date records, for example, the emergency services, public utility companies and the Royal Mail.

For more information:

• email: pt@renfrewshire.gov.uk
• phone: 0300 300 0144
• fax: 0141 618 7935
• call or write to:
  Planning and Transport
  Renfrewshire House
  Cotton Street
  Paisley
  PA1 1LL

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