It is the responsibility of the householder, property owner or business owner to ensure that a property is adequately and clearly identified by the property number (or name, if it is not numbered) from the highway. This is required to ensure that emergency services are able to find your property; every second counts in an emergency.
Property and street naming and numbering service
Cornwall Council has a duty to name streets and number properties. It also offers a property naming consultation and notification service.
What to submit
To change or register an address, you will need to submit
- an application form
- a detailed plan
- the appropriate fee
- in some cases you may need to provide supporting documentation and/or permissions
Timescales
Royal Mail are currently taking 3 weeks to issue postcodes and/or make changes to their address database. We will send you formal confirmation once Royal Mail have made their changes. If you require confirmation prior to the postal address being created please let us know when you apply.
Who we notify
As part of the process we will also notify:
- Royal Mail
- Land Registry
- Valuation Office
- Emergency Services
- NHS
- Electoral Roll
- our internal and external services such as refuse, recycling and council tax
Some services, including some Council services, may charge a fee to update their records. Cornwall Council are not responsible for covering these extra costs.
Add or change an existing address
Find out how to add or change a house name of an existing residential address. Or how to add or change the business name of an existing commercial address.
Register a new address on a new street
How to apply to add new streets and with new residential or business addresses.
Register a new address on an existing street
How to apply to add a new residential or business address to an existing street.
Report a damaged or missing street name plate.
Read our policy and guidance on street naming and numbering.
Confirming your official address.