Postal address changes
Salford City Council, as the highway authority for the city, is responsible (in conjunction with Urban Vision Partnership Limited) for the issuing of new postal addresses and postal address changes.
Why do postal addresses change?
Changes in postal address may be the result of a road being bisected by development or the issue of a Traffic Regulation Order - effectively creating two separate lengths of highway. To assist the emergency services in locating a property quickly, the two isolated lengths of highway will be renamed.
This prompts amended postal addressing for properties served by the affected highway. Where a road is renamed, new street nameplates are installed. Properties that have been split into flats will require amended postal addressing.
Who changes postcodes?
Salford City Council is not responsible for postcode changes; these are implemented by the Royal Mail. Salford has seen major redevelopment in recent years which has led the Royal Mail to re-code some areas as there were insufficient postcodes available to serve the new properties. Changes in postal addressing are minimised wherever possible since all parties recognise that any change can cause inconvenience to those affected.
How to request an address change
Requests for changes in postal addressing should be made to the Traffic Management and Control Section at Urban Vision Partnership Limited. A scaled drawing and detailed explanation as to why the renaming is considered necessary should be submitted. There is a charge for this service - request an address change.
National Land and Property Gazeteer (NLPG)
The city council has signed an agreement which alters the mechanism by which new addresses are now created using the National Land and Property Gazeteer.
Updates are automatically sent to interested parties who will be notified by a central hub of the NLPG and, as a result, with effect from October 2007 postal address change information is no longer published on this website.
Archived postal address changes in Salford, 2003-2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- May & June 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- July 2006
- June 2006
- May 2006
- April 2006
- March 2006
- February 2006
- Nov, Dec, Jan 2006
- October 2005
- September 2005
- August 2005
- July 2005
- June 2005
- May 2005
- April 2005
- March 2005
- February 2005
- January 2005
- December 2004
- November 2004
- October 2004
- September 2004
- August 2004
- July 2004
- June 2004
- May 2004
- April 2004
- January - March 2004
- December 2003
- November 2003
- October 2003
- September 2003
- August 2003
- July 2003
- June 2003
- May 2003
- April 2003
- March 2003
If you require information predating the lists published here, please contact us.
Who to contact
- Name
- Emma Parkinson
- Address
- Urban Vision Partnership Limited
Traffic Management and Control
Emerson House
Albert Street
Eccles
M30 0TE - Telephone
- 0161-779 4919
- emma.parkinson@urbanvision.org.uk
This page was last updated on 06 October 2008
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