Decision details

RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)       agree the proposed new Street Naming and Numbering Policy as detailed in Appendix 1 to the report subject to the following amendments -

-       paragraph 4.3, Section C be re-worded to clarify that the Council could not refuse a request to add a property name to an existing numbered property but would issue guidance as to the appropriateness of the property name in order to avoid conflict and causing offence

-       deletion of paragraph 1.9, Section B relating to the use of punctuation

-       inclusion of “Court” and “View” on the list of acceptable suffixes

-       that paragraph 1.6, Section B be amended with the additional words “unless a clear case is made as to the historical or cultural link of the individual to the land or locality”, and

(b)       note that the street naming and numbering function was managed by the Head of Business Improvement and Modernisation.