If you would like to receive notification of future Postcode changes then simply register for our free update service. The Royal Mail announces changes to Postcodes approximately every six months and these changes are notified to all customers in the affected areas via their Postcode Update publications.
Postcode changes are only made if it results in a major benefit to the service they provide and new Postcodes work in tandem with the old ones for an overlapping 12-month period.
Royal Mail is committed to a policy of no change wherever possible. Respecting the selection and purchase of sites for custom - houses and a marine Vol. Because of the geographical nature of the Postcode system it is necessary to consider the wider area and allocate new Postcode segmentation. housing estates and business parks within an already densely populated area), may lead to Postcode exhaustion thereby leaving no free Postcodes to allocate. For example, new building developments, both residential and business (e.g.
There are a number of reasons these changes are undertaken. There are times when it becomes necessary for Royal Mail to make changes to postal addresses on a large scale.
