Renfrewshire Council

Problem with your address

If you are having problems choosing your address for deliveries or with utilities providers, tell us by email addressenquiries@renfrewshire.gov.uk 

We'll attempt to resolve the problem and tell delivery and utility companies.

Official confirmation of your address

You can apply to have your address formally confirmed by us so that other organisations can recognise it. It costs £80 to confirm an address.

Complete the official confirmation of address form.

After you've submitted your request, we'll contact you with details of how to make a payment and what we'll do next.

We aim to acknowledge an application or request within 5 working days. Completion of the service will vary depending on the type of query or request, but in all circumstances we'll try to resolve it as soon as possible.

Request an address change

You can request that your property has its address changed, such as the addition or change of a name. It costs £80 to change a property name or number.

Complete the formal change of property name or number form.

After you've submitted your request, we'll contact you with details of how to make a payment and what we'll do next.

We aim to acknowledge an application or request within 5 working days. Completion of the service will vary depending on the type of query or request, but in all circumstances we'll try to resolve it as soon as possible.

Renaming and renumbering procedure

All changes to property numbers or names and to street names will follow the guidance and procedure in the Street Naming and Numbering Protocol [1MB] .

We'll only change street names or numbers where there is a clear and unavoidable need to resolve confusion or an error.