15 Bishops Close, St Albans, AL4 9AR
About 15 Bishops Close
15 Bishops Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL4 9AR). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 108 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2019–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£641/sq ft) was about 33.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £745,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2022.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- DrivewayYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
Planning records include a solar-panel installation at 15 Bishops Close.
1 application on record at 15 Bishops Close, St Albans, AL4 9AR
- Nov 2022PorchFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey
Front canopy porch, single storey front extension with pitch roof and conversion of garage, addition of roof lanterns to existing single storey rear extension, alteration to openings and addition of solar panels
ExtensionSolar Panels- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 5/2022/2120
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 15 Bishops Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£731,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.0% per year over 3 years.
£745,000
Growth on file: 5.0% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
19 May 2022Most recent
£745,000
+14.6%over 2 years11 August 2019
£650,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL4 9AR: £570,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in AL4 9AR
Versus other Bishops Close homes
15 Bishops Close is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
Price per m²
£6,898
Street avg £5,320
Floor Area
108 m²
Street avg 88 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Sandridge Gate Business Centre — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Wheatfields Junior Mixed School. 28 schools nearby.
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