diff --git a/src/Livewire/Checkout.php b/src/Livewire/Checkout.php
index 4362457..23be3a2 100644
--- a/src/Livewire/Checkout.php
+++ b/src/Livewire/Checkout.php
@@ -376,14 +376,21 @@ protected function validateCheckout(Order $order)
 
         $this->withValidator(function($validator) use ($order): void {
             $validator->after(function($validator) use ($order): void {
-                if ($order->isDeliveryType() && Location::requiresUserPosition()) {
-                    rescue(function(): void {
-                        $this->orderManager->validateDeliveryAddress(array_only($this->fields, [
-                            'address_1', 'city', 'state', 'postcode', 'country',
-                        ]));
-                    }, function(Throwable $ex) use ($validator): void {
-                        $validator->errors()->add('delivery_address', $ex->getMessage());
-                    });
+                if ($order->isDeliveryType()) {
+                    if (Location::requiresUserPosition()) {
+                        rescue(function(): void {
+                            $this->orderManager->validateDeliveryAddress(array_only($this->fields, [
+                                'address_1', 'city', 'state', 'postcode', 'country',
+                            ]));
+                        }, function(Throwable $ex) use ($validator): void {
+                            $validator->errors()->add('delivery_address', $ex->getMessage());
+                        });
+                    } elseif (blank(array_get($this->fields, 'address_1'))) {
+                        // The delivery area restriction is disabled, so the address is
+                        // deliberately not geocoded or area-checked. It must still exist:
+                        // a delivery order without a street address cannot be delivered.
+                        $validator->errors()->add('delivery_address', lang('igniter.local::default.alert_missing_street_address'));
+                    }
                 }
 
                 if ($this->fields['payment'] && !$this->orderManager->getPayment($this->fields['payment'])) {
diff --git a/tests/Livewire/CheckoutTest.php b/tests/Livewire/CheckoutTest.php
index 720aaca..9d0fc79 100644
--- a/tests/Livewire/CheckoutTest.php
+++ b/tests/Livewire/CheckoutTest.php
@@ -277,6 +277,39 @@ function setupCheckout()
         ->assertHasErrors(['delivery_address' => [lang('igniter.local::default.alert_missing_street_address')]]);
 });
 
+it('onValidate requires a delivery address when the delivery area restriction is disabled', function(): void {
+    setting()->set(['location_order' => '0']);
+    setupCheckout();
+
+    // No usable position, so no address is prepared onto the order
+    LocationFacade::updateUserPosition(new GeoliteLocation('test'));
+
+    $order = resolve(OrderManager::class)->getOrder();
+    $order->order_type = Location::DELIVERY;
+    $order->save();
+    LocationFacade::updateOrderType(Location::DELIVERY);
+
+    Livewire::test(Checkout::class)
+        ->dispatch('checkout::validate')
+        ->assertHasErrors(['delivery_address' => [lang('igniter.local::default.alert_missing_street_address')]]);
+});
+
+it('onValidate does not geocode the delivery address when the delivery area restriction is disabled', function(): void {
+    setting()->set(['location_order' => '0']);
+    setupCheckout();
+
+    $order = resolve(OrderManager::class)->getOrder();
+    $order->order_type = Location::DELIVERY;
+    $order->save();
+    LocationFacade::updateOrderType(Location::DELIVERY);
+
+    Geocoder::shouldReceive('geocode')->never();
+
+    Livewire::test(Checkout::class)
+        ->dispatch('checkout::validate')
+        ->assertHasNoErrors('delivery_address');
+});
+
 it('onValidate dispatches an event on success', function(): void {
     Event::fake(['igniter.orange.validateCheckout']);
     setupCheckout();