A RESIDENT has criticised 'crazy postal regulations' which he argues has led to a neighbours back-garden build being incorrectly addressed.
Stephen Williamson lives at 105 Sweetcroft Lane, Hillingdon, and when his neighbours at 107 had a property built in their back garden, he assumed the new address would become 107A.
This was not the case, with the new property given the moniker 105A.
He says this has led to postal mix ups and wrong deliveries, even though there is a side street separating the two properties.
"It should clearly be named 107A, the house is built in the garden of 107.
"I keep getting the wrong letters and all sorts, a bike rode up to mine this week with two big boxes and there was a transit van the week before that.
"I've tried to nip this in the bud, the the council say they have done nothing wrong.
"What makes it worse is across the road, there is a street lamp, with a sign saying up to 107 only."
Hillingdon Council's planning department has refused to budge, stating that street addresses have to remain consecutive, and as the entrance of 105A falls before 107, it cannot be named 107A.
They say no exception can be made, citing a need for total consistency within the postal system.
Any address using the suffix 'A' must fall after the original road number rising numerically.
The local authority also added that the two addresses have differing postcodes, and there was no reason why the Royal Mail and delivery companies should confuse the two.
