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Building Regulations: Street Numbers

Asked by Rebecca Long BaileyLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 78254

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of updating building (a) requirements and (b) regulations to make it mandatory to display a street building number on the outside of a building.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

The government has made no assessment of the merits of updating Building Regulations to accommodate street building numbers on the outside of buildings.

Local authorities already use their legal powers to manage requirements for street and building numbering.

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