Question follow-through · 78254
Building Regulations: Street Numbers
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
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 20 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
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
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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20 Oct 2025
Answer published
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 numberi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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