Urban and Rural Property Addressing
Yass Valley Council is responsible for the issue of all urban and rural addresses in the LGA. This allows your property to be easily identified by a whole range of service providers within the community including, emergency services (eg. fire, ambulance, police), postal services (eg. regular mail delivery and special packages) and other service and utility providers.
Council allocates property numbers in accordance with the NSW Address Policy and User Manual to ensure consistency, safety and usability across the community.
Urban Addressing Frequently Asked Questions
How does urban addressing work?
Urban addressing must be assigned by Council in accordance with the Australian / New Zealand Rural and Urban Addressing Standard (AS4819). Please do not allocate your own number, as this can cause many complications for postal and emergency services.
Most properties within the urban area of the Yass Township or within the various Villages already have an assigned urban address. Council will generally issue an urban address at subdivision stage for new properties to ensure that the addressing information is available to be used at the earliest opportunity.
How can I get an urban address?
Contact Council’s Planning, Strategy and Development Support Team on (02) 6226 1477 to clarify your urban address or request one to be issued for your property. Alternatively, email your request to Development_Support@yass.nsw.gov.au
What are the display requirements?
Urban addresses should be displayed in the following manner to ensure that your property is easily identifiable to emergency, postal and other service providers in the community:
- In a clearly legible and suitably sized manner on the mail box, and/or
- In a clearly legible and suitably sized manner on the front facade of the dwelling.
- Clear of any shrubs, bushes or plants that may hide the address number.
Do urban addresses ever get changed?
Address changes are avoided by Council unless the numbers being used are in conflict with another address and are not in accordance with the Australian / New Zealand Rural and Urban Addressing Standard (AS4819).
Where Council believes that it will be necessary to change an urban address, the property owner will be consulted in relation to the change before the change is made.
Rural Addressing Frequently Asked Questions
How does rural addressing work?
Like urban addressing, rural addressing must be assigned by Council in accordance with the Australian/New Zealand Rural and Urban Addressing Standard (AS4819). Please do not allocate your own number, as this can cause many complications for postal and emergency services.
The rural address number is determined by the distance of the property entrance in metres from the start of the road.
How can I get a rural address?
You will need to complete Form 218 - Rural Addressing Application and pay the associated fee. Once a rural address number has been allocated, you will receive a reflective rural addressing plate that is suitable for display at your property entrance.
Are there any requirements for displaying my rural address?
Rural addresses should be displayed in the following manner to ensure that your property is easily identifiable to emergency, postal and other service providers in the community:
General Information
Street addressing for subdivisions and development
If applicable, an application or request for property numbering must be lodged with Council prior to the issue of an Occupation Certificate or Subdivision Certificate, whichever occurs first.
Who will be notified of my property address?
Council notifies the relevant authorities of any newly allocated or changed property address or newly named roads. These may include the following:
- Ambulance Service NSW
- Australia Post
- Australian Electoral Commission
- NBN Co
- NSW Police
- NSW Rural Fire Service
- NSW Spatial Services Addressing
- State Emergency Service
- Telstra
- Valuer General