Service Description: The Isle of Wight Council is the statutory authority for the naming and numbering of streets and buildings on the Isle of Wight. Naming and numbering of streets and buildings is important for identifying property and ensuring properties & street names & number are logically allocated. Correct property naming and numbering aids responses to emergencies by ambulance, police and fire services and helps a variety of national and local organisations operate effectively. All Streets are recorded in the National Street Gazetteer (NSG) and all addresses are recorded in the NLPG (National Land and Property Gazetteer) to BS7666 standard format. Please see the additional weblinks below for information on the NSG & NLPG. If you wish to do the following, please use the form(s) provided: • Apply for street naming and numbering • Change name or number of a property • Apply for New property address • Query an address
Also known as:- Addressing, Naming, National Land and Property Gazetteer, National Street Gazetteer, NLPG, NSG, Numbering, Postal address, Property address, Property Name Change
Answer: To change the name of your house, please fill in the on line form or alternatively, print off the blank form, fill it in and send it by post to Searches Officer, Development Control, Highways and Transport, County Hall, High Street, NEWPORT, PO30 1UD. (If the property has a house number as the main property identifier then there is no need to inform the Council of a name change unless it is a business address and the name of the business appears in the official address. The house number must always be used) - Related Link