"Hannah? Who The **** Is Hannah?"

A developer told Bradford Council that a planned housing development would collapse if they were not allowed to...

Cram in people like rabbits in a hutch too small for them? 

...call it Hannahs Hill.

*blinks* 

Officers had said the name could be problematic, as current rules on road naming prevent streets being named after a living person, and "Hannahs Hill" could fall foul of this rule.

Officers had suggested that the scheme could instead be called Seam Close - named after a stone shaft on the site, which was once used for mining.

Street and road names can cause all sorts of aggravation, so it's unsurprising that councils would have guidelines and rules about this. 

A report to the area committee said: "The developer has commented that the five house buyers are going to insist on Hannas Hill (sic).

"The proposed property sales have been put in place with the street name ‘Hannah’ or a variation of, which was agreed with the potential buyers before the current developer took over the site.

"The developer has stated that if the name ‘Hannas Hill’ is not approved then the development will cease."

This is blackmail. Tell the developer to do one! There's plenty of other developers out there. 

At the meeting members said they had no issue with the name Hannahs Hill, and approved the request.

And now you've set a precedent. *sighs*