Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 78254
Building Regulations: Street Numbers
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Rebecca Long Bailey
Labour — Salford
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 outs
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe 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 numberi...
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