16 Birch Drive is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Hatfield (AL10 8NX). It has a recorded floor area of 152 m² (around 1636 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £571,000 is 12% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£312/sq ft) was about 24.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 152 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: August 2020 at £510,000.
16 Birch Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
16 Birch Drive has an approved side extension on the planning record.
Extension: Side of property
ERECTION OF TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION
Latest sale on 16 Birch Drive was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£571,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 22 years.
£510,000
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 22 years.
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16 Birch Drive outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,355
Street avg £3,643
Floor Area
152 m²
Street avg 110 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Crime
9/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Elm Drive — bus stop.
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Replacement of hedge with 3ft wall on front boundary
Full planning data for 16 Birch Drive, Hatfield, AL10 8NX
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21 August 2020Most recent
£510,000
+275.0%over 21 years8 February 1999
£136,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL10 8NX: £440,000 (2025–2018).
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Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.0 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
AL10 8SZ
Closest school
0.3 km
St Philip Howard Catholic Primary School. 13 schools nearby.