Hoare Road and Typple Avenue are among the innuendo-laden road names to be outlawed by a council.
In a bid to avoid dodgy double entendres and unflattering place names, Lewes District Council has drawn up a new policy.
Under the scheme, the present day Juggs Road and Cockshut Road, both in Lewes, as well as The Dicklands in Rodmell could have been rejected.
The council’s cabinet is expected to agree its first street naming and numbering policy on Tuesday.
In a report to the meeting, officers wrote: “The document will provide a basis for consistent decisions on street naming or numbering matters.
“Currently officers can only refer back to the two official Acts of 1847 and 1925 to justify a particular decision.”
The council has also banned names of developers’ friends or relatives being used for new streets.
And people with house names must also have their road number prominently displayed or face a fine, according to the framework.
New charges are also to be introduced, including £20 to change a house name and £200 to rename a street.
The policy reads: “Avoid aesthetically unsuitable names such as Gaswork Road, Tip House, Coalpit Lane, or names capable of deliberate misinterpretation like Hoare Road, Typple Avenue, Quare Street, Corfe Close (4 Corfe Close) etc.
“Street names which could give offence are not used, nor are names which encourage defacing name plates.”
Rachel Powell, of Cockshut Road, Lewes, is a former town councillor who was involved in naming one of the most recent new roads, Jenner Way, after the Harvey’s brewery family.
She said: “I always have to spell the name out because no one can quite believe it but I don’t know if there is a quiet snigger at the other end.
“I would hate for the name to change. It is an old name and has some history.
“I can see with political correctness why the council would not want these sort of names but it is a pity.”
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