Purpose

Crawley Borough Council (CBC) is the Street Naming and
Numbering (SNN) authority for the Borough and carries out the
service functions under the Town Improvement Clauses Act 1847 and
the Public Health Act 1925. No address within the Crawley Borough
is legal unless authorised by CBC.

Maintaining a high standard for street naming, numbering or re
numbering and naming properties is important as it
allows:

•          
Emergency services to
find a property quickly.

•          
Post to be delivered
efficiently.

•          
Visitors to easily
locate their destination.

•          
Reliable delivery of
goods and services

•          
Service
providers’ records to be kept in an efficient
manner.

•          
All of the
Council’s departments to work from one official address
base.

•          
The Gazetteer to be
kept up to date.

CBC provides a comprehensive SNN service to applicants
encompassing a broad spectrum of new development types and the
renaming and renumbering of existing streets and properties. CBC
introduced charging for the service in 2012 and this is the first
comprehensive review of the charges since the fee
introduction.
Due to previous changes to the Street Naming and Numbering (SNN)
process and a resulting increase in the amount of Council officer
time needed to undertake the process and also taking account of the
budgetary challenges the Council is facing, a proposal has been
considered by the Head of Economy and Planning to increase the fees
and charges for 2025-2026 .  The fees
and charges need to be increased to enable the SNN services to
operate on a cost recovery basis.

Content

To approve the increase in fees and charges for the
Council’s services as Street Naming and Numbering Authority
as follows, and that the increase takes effect from 1st April
2025.
Figure 1:

Category

Charge (VAT
inclusive)

Naming of new development (those that will
require new road names)

£220.00 plus £25 per plot/unit

New individual development (no road name)

£198.10 plus £15 per additional
plot
(This is the April 2025 10% fee increase
option)

New street name

£250.00

Changes to property name / number –
residential

£39.50

Street renaming at residents’
request

£300.00 plus £40 per plot

New name / Changes to property name –
commercial

£131.90

Confirmation of address

£32.90

Changes to development layout after
notification

£40.00 per affected plot

The rest of the SNN fees will increase by a
flat rate of 10% compared to 2024-2025.

Alternative options considered

1. To not increase the fees and charges for
the Council’s services as Street Naming and Numbering
Authority.
2. To increase the fees and charges for the Council’s
services as Street Naming and Numbering Authority, to the amounts
as set out in Figure 1 .