Whanganui will soon have an updated street-naming protocol and it's one that ensures the public will have an input.
The council's statutory management committee has revisited the naming process after it received 14 submissions from the public.
Currently the developer submits three names to council. Under the revised policy that process will continue but developers will also have the option of opting for an inventory of names suggested by the public.
And there will the usual stipulations around names such as historical relevance, and appropriateness.
Committee chairman Mayor Hamish McDouall said the policy was robust and that "everyone, including iwi, can have an input".