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Celebrity name ban plan for streets in Denbighshire Council stops short of celebrity name ban for Denbighshire streets
(about 5 hours later)
Celebrities may no longer have streets or public buildings named after them in Denbighshire due to fears over possible scandals in the future. Council leaders appear to have stopped short of implementing a total ban on naming streets after celebrities.
It follows worries that embarrassing situations could arise if - such as in the cases of Jimmy Savile and singer Ian Watkins - a person's reputation is later tarnished. A report to Denbighshire councillors recommended streets or public buildings should not be named after people due to fears over possible future scandals.
Street names and other memorials to them were removed after details of their sex offences came to light. But its cabinet decided street naming would not be approved unless there was a clear historical or cultural link.
The plans will be discussed on Tuesday. It follows worries that embarrassing situations could arise if a person's reputation is later tarnished.
One of the council proposals being considered is a ban on naming streets and buildings after any specific person, dead or alive. Street names and other memorials to people like Jimmy Savile and singer Ian Watkins were removed after details of their sex offences came to light.
A council spokesman said: "A number of authorities are now taking a stance to choose not to name streets or buildings after individuals as in a minority of cases the reputation of individuals could change over time and the naming of streets is a permanent action that cannot be changed." Historic links
Under the plans it is also suggested that punctuation is no longer used on signs, such as in St George's Drive. A report to Denbighshire's cabinet on street naming policy recommended that in future none should be named after any specific person, alive or dead.
But cabinet members decided that naming a street after a person would not be approved unless there was a "clear case is made after the historical or cultural link of the individual to the land or locality".
The council will continue to encourage developers naming new streets to preserve any historic links with the area.
Before Tuesday's meeting, a council spokesman said a number of authorities were now taking a stance to choose not to name streets or buildings after individuals "as in a minority of cases the reputation of individuals could change over time and the naming of streets is a permanent action that cannot be changed".
Plans not to use punctuation on signs, such as in St George's Drive, were also due to be discussed.
When a similar ban on apostrophes was introduced in Devon there were protests, but officials defended the action by claiming it was intended to avoid confusion.When a similar ban on apostrophes was introduced in Devon there were protests, but officials defended the action by claiming it was intended to avoid confusion.
It has also been suggested that the word "the" is banned, and names that sound similar, such as Churchill Road and Birch Hill Road, could also be refused. There were also to be discussions over banning the word "the" and names that sound similar, such as Churchill Road and Birch Hill Road.
This, the council says, will partly prevent confusion for emergency services. This, the council said, would partly prevent confusion for emergency services.
Names also set to be rejected are Court, View, Park, End and Walk. Names that were also set to be rejected were Court, View, Park, End and Walk.