[Talk-GB] When is a postcode mappable?

[Berrely]

In addition, the postcode does still appear to be in use by that singular
address. See
https://search-property-information.service.gov.uk/search/search-by-postcode/.
(Not a usable source in OSM)

On Sun, 8 May 2022, 2:09 pm Mark Goodge, <mark at good-stuff.co.uk> wrote:

>
>
> On 08/05/2022 13:18, Andrew Hain wrote:
> > I have been filling postcodes along with buildings. I have had
> > difficulty identifying one although it appears on the NSUL layer. The
> > site https://zestate.co.uk/postcode/SW13%209HS/
> > <https://zestate.co.uk/postcode/SW13%209HS/> says that it is an active
> > postcode but not in use by any residential property or business. What
> > does that mean and does it belong in OSM?
>
> It's a "Large User" postcode - that is, one assigned specifically to a
> particular addressee which receives large amounts of postal mail.
>
> In this case, it's a former (now closed) Natwest Bank branch in
> Richmond-on-Thames. So the postcode is now defunct, and will eventually
> be marked as such on a forthcoming update of the ONSPD and Codepoint Open.
>
> (You can see the building in all its defunctness on Google Streetview,
> complete with a hole in the wall where the, er, hole in the wall machine
> once was: https://goo.gl/maps/A1DTcbcjBNFcHmdt7).
>
> Mark
>
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