You are quite at liberty to incorporate a name into your current address, change the existing name of your property or give a name to your new house. Follow these simple guidelines:
- If a postal number already exisits as part of your current official postal address this must be retained.
- To avoid confusion & misdirected deliveries please ensure no other properties in the local vicinity have a similar name to the one which you are proposing.
Once you have decided upon a name, inform the Street Naming and Numbering Section in writing by using the: 
Change of House Name Form, or by Email to: landcharges@southhams.gov.uk
Please state your name and current address, state the address of the property whose name you wish to change if different from your current address, state the proposed new house name, state that you are the current legal owner of the property and enclose a copy of a plan to indicate the location of the property.
The Council will liaise with the Royal Mail before writing to you to confirm your official postal address.
The Council will also advise various departments internally, the Royal Mail, the emergency services and various other agencies of your new official postal address. Please send your request to:-
Street Naming and Numbering Section
South Hams District Council
Follaton House
Plymouth Road
TOTNES
Devon
TQ9 5NE
Please note that this Authority can only administer house name changes to properties within our jurisdiction.
Please contact your own Local Authority if you wish to change the name of a property outside of the South Hams area.
