Changes to Pembroke Road addresses

Stratford District Council (SDC) has approved dividing Pembroke Road into Pembroke Road East and Pembroke Road West and renumbering both streets to allow for the correction of historic street numbering inconsistencies and errors identified by Toitu Te Whenua Land Information NZ (LINZ).

Correct street numbering helps emergency services, and organisations like New Zealand Post, and utility providers to find the right address quickly. The inconsistencies in street numbers occurred over time when historic subdivisions and additional housing extended across boundaries between the old Stratford Borough and County Council. The Surveyor General identified the issues and asked SDC to correct the numbering to meet the required standards.

LINZ have agreed that renaming and renumbering Pembroke Road is the right approach to take. Pembroke Road East and Pembroke Road West are separated by State Highway 3 Broadway. The letter R currently used for rural properties on Pembroke Road will no longer be needed.

The changes come into effect straight away. Residents of the old Pembroke Road have been advised of their new addresses and asked to change their details with their utility providers, and any other organisation that they have their address with, as if they were moving house.

SDC has notified emergency services, NZ Post, and Powerco of the change, and new street signs will be erected soon.

Rachael Otter, SDC Environmental Health Manager, says Pembroke Road residents have been fantastic during the process.

“I want to personally thank the residents for their time and patience while we worked through the options. We know changing addresses can be annoying and they’ll have to go through that process too, but we’ve got a solution in place that corrects the issues, while retaining the history around the Pembroke Road name,” says Rachael.