[Talk-GB] UPRN wiki page

[Lester Caine]

On 18/11/2020 11:10, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) wrote:
> It's definitely possible for UPRNs to be assigned to streets. I think
> you can tell this by searching for such a UPRN at
> https://www.findmyaddress.co.uk/  (I don't look at that now since they
> added a new T&C forbidding any use of the information for competing
> purposes.) IIRC, that site will tell you if a UPRN you enter is a
> street reference, and then refuse to provide the usual address
> information.

It is worth pointing out that UPRN references identify parcels of land 
and in theory the whole of the United Kingdom is now covered by a 
continuous grid of land parcels with unique identifiers. Where a parcel 
is developed into multiple new smaller parcels then a new block of 
UPRN's will be generated by the local authority as defined by the 
planning documentation. So roads and amenity land which do not involve 
postal addresses will be defined along with other land registry parcels. 
I am not sure what happens with the original UPRN, but I would expect it 
to be tagged as 'ended' when the new contained parcels are 'started'. It 
should not be used as a part of the new batch for consistency but I 
can't find the 'rules' applied here. The new roads on the developments 
will then have new USRN references and Royal Mail will assign postcodes 
to these new roads. Many UPRN packets will never have a postal address 
listed in the PAF file ( and many businesses today are not properly 
listed either ) even if a postcode is used with that object as if it is.

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