Royal Mail extra workload due to New Builds

Danny174nw

Good evening.. a bit of a random question, are the Royal Mail consulted when new build house are being built due to the extra workload this could cause on post being delivered, especially when a small town are due to have 4 housing developments built. Do the developers pay Royal Mail to hire more staff to be able to cope with the extra work demand? Very random I know lol but just intrigued I guess

Thanks Daniel 

Doozergirl

Someone's paying them to provide the service if they're delivering to those houses. 

It would be a bit mad to object to more work!  

They don't consult them, no.  

custardy

No,RM have little to no input with new builds. Councils notify them of streets/houses and RM update the PAF file.
It gets complicated as an operational point.
You have X duties in an office. New dev grows and is generally covered in overtime for a while until it grows too much. Then duties are looked at,redesigned,new duties created or whatever.
EG: Dalkeith (a town near Edinburgh) has had massive new dev over the last few years. Right now I think theres about 8 separate developments on the go dotted around various areas of the Dalkeith delivery office.
so at some point they will need to work out how that is added/absorbed/covered.
Redesigning duties is a lot of work,so generally not something they will do until new dev is completed if possible

In general new dev is a PITA

diggingdude

With the cost of stamps and the demise of snail mail in general I reckon they will welcome every development and LIDL junk mail leaflet they can get

Norman_Castle

Danny174nw said:

 Do the developers pay Royal Mail to hire more staff to be able to cope with the extra work demand?

The extra work will be funded by the extra postal charges generated by delivering to the new properties.

Danny174nw

Thanks for all the replies guys, I know a but random but just something I wondered about. Thanks again much appreciated 

bexybest

Check out Section 106 and CiL -  it's the offer of revenue support to local infastructure following on from the development of the area. In layman's terms your local NHS Trust (and others) may have access to additional funds following on from new housing estates popping up.

Owain_Moneysaver

If the developer and the council are sensible, Royal Mail will be informed of the address delivery points and can allocate postcodes when the development is in very early states of being built. RM have a special section in the Postal Address File for "not yet built" (and of course the site office will usually need to be postally deliverable, as well as added to satnavs etc) so RM may have 12 months+ to make arrangements before buyers move in. It doesn't happen overnight. 

bucksbloke

bexybest said:

Check out Section 106 and CiL -  it's the offer of revenue support to local infastructure following on from the development of the area. In layman's terms your local NHS Trust (and others) may have access to additional funds following on from new housing estates popping up.

Royal Mail do not get anything from planning gain monies (whether s106 or CIL), they are a commercial enterprise.

bexybest

bucksbloke said:

bexybest said:

Check out Section 106 and CiL -  it's the offer of revenue support to local infastructure following on from the development of the area. In layman's terms your local NHS Trust (and others) may have access to additional funds following on from new housing estates popping up.

Royal Mail do not get anything from planning gain monies (whether s106 or CIL), they are a commercial enterprise.

Agreed - I was merely pointing out that funding is out there for certain services to tap into.