Street naming and numbering
South Derbyshire District Council is currently preparing the new Local Plan Part One for submission by 12th March 2025. This will replace the current Local Plan adopted in 2016. Given this deadline Development Management Planning Officers are assisting colleagues within the Planning Policy team. This diversion of resources for the next 8 weeks will result in delays in the processing of planning applications and other functions of the service. We are aiming to deal with applications and responding to enquiries in the order they are received in the majority of cases. We will respond as soon as possible
It is our responsibility to issue official addresses for all residential and business premises within South Derbyshire. All new addresses are allocated in line with our street naming and numbering guidance. A list of our fees is available here (pdf, 51kb).
Naming your house
If a property is already numbered, a property owner can name their property without contacting us, provided it does not conflict with an existing property name in the same area.
The property name in this case will not officially form part of the property address and the property number must still be displayed and referred to in any correspondence.
Name change
For addresses where no number is allocated, the allocated name is part of the official address. In this instance property owners wishing to change the property name need to apply (pdf, 270kb) to us.
Single property/small development
If you are a developer of a new property (single or small development), you should contact us as soon as you start work on site.
An application (pdf, 262kb) for a new property address should be made in writing.
Large estate development
If you are a developer of a large estate, you should contact us as soon as you start work on site.
Where appropriate, you will be asked to provide new street nameplates to our standard design, details of which can be found in our