Street naming conventions

• Street names cannot be duplicated within the same town or within close proximity to a duplicate street in a neighbouring town.
• Street names must be no longer than 100 characters long.
• Street names cannot contain any of the following:
  • Abbreviations (apart from St. for Saint)
  • Punctuation
• Street names should not be difficult to pronounce or awkward to spell.
• Names of living persons will not be allowed.
• No street should start with "The".
• The use of tree or bird names will not be allowed - mainly due to the duplication of many existing streets named within the borough.
• The street names should, where possible, reflect the history or geography of the site or area.
• Street names that could be construed as advertising will not be allowed.
• Street names that could be considered offensive will not be allowed.
• Subsidiary names (i.e. a row of buildings within an already named road being called ...Terrace) should not be used.
• Street names that carry the same name as a building will not be allowed.
• Historic street naming and numbering practices have often resulted in many streets in close proximity being assigned the same name but with a differing suffix such as Birch Road, Birch Avenue. Within reason new developments following this tradition may be considered but will be discouraged.
• All new street names should end with one of the following suffixes:
  • Avenue - residential roads
  • Drive - residential roads
  • Circus - roundabout only
  • Close - cul-de-sac only)
  • Court - this will be discouraged except in exceptional circumstance and for a cul-de-sac only
  • Crescent - crescent shaped road
  • Gardens - residential roads, subject to there being no confusion with local open space
  • Grove - residential roads
  • Hill - residential roads
  • Lane - residential roads
  • Mews - residential roads
  • Place - residential roads
  • Rise - residential roads
  • Road - any thoroughfare
  • Row - residential roads
  • Square - square only
  • Street - any thoroughfare
  • Terrace - terrace of houses, but not as a subsidiary name within another road
  • Vale - residential roads
  • Walk - pedestrian walkways only
  • Way - major roads
  • Wharf - residential roads

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