Emergency services can’t find rural homes

Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill has written to the council to highlight the “problem being faced by the emergency services relating to domestic properties in rural areas not displaying their allocated house number.”

The building control manager at Limavady Borough Council confirmed that the letter had been received by Minister O’Neill at the council chamber on Tuesday, June 26. In the monthly report, the building control manager stated: “Under Article 11 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (NI) Order 1995 Councils issue postal numbers for houses and buildings in their area and other than in exceptional circumstances it is a requirement for householders to prominently display their property number so that it can be easily read.

“Presently Council issues letters confirming postal numbers and in an effort to highlight the above requirement these letters will now indicate that there is a legal obligation for all occupiers to display their house number.”