• Housing Benefit and Council Tax Reduction
• Business Rates
• Council Tax
• Electoral Services
• Parking
• Licensing
• Cemetery Services
• Commercial and Community Property
• Food Safety
• Hackney Carriages (Taxis) and Private Hire Vehicles
• Health and Safety at work
• Schools
• Roads and transport
• Care and support
• Births, deaths and marriages
• Street Naming and Numbering

Street Naming and Numbering

This is important as it allows:

• Emergency services to find a property quickly (delays can cost lives and money)
• Mail to be delivered efficiently
• Visitors to find where they want to go
• Reliable delivery of services and products
• Records of service providers to be kept in an effective manner

Applying for a new street name and/or postal numbering for new properties

Developers will need to submit an application form and pay the relevant fee. You should include a copy of the development site plan showing plot layouts, with the correct plot numbers clearly marked. This should be in electronic format wherever possible.

•  Application for a new street name and/or postal numbering for new properties [120KB]

Changing a house name

To add a name to your house you must submit an application form and pay the relevant fee. You must also provide the council with:

• A plan showing the exact location of the property if the property is not easily identifiable from the existing address
• A date from which the house name should be changed (if not immediate).

•  Application for a new property, business or building name or change of name [117KB]

Please note:

If a property has an officially allocated number, it will not be possible to replace the number with a name. If the occupier chooses to use a house name in these circumstances the address must still include the allocated property number.

If you do not submit payment of the relevant fee with your application, you will be sent an invoice which must be paid before your application is processed.

Please send all relevant information to:

Street Naming and Numbering Officer
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council,
Council Offices,
The Campus,
Welwyn Garden City,
Hertfordshire,
AL8 6AE

For more information on naming, numbering and charges, please  download our street naming and numbering policy [1MB]. You may also contact Royal Mail with your address queries.