23 Dolphin Lane, Birmingham, B27 7DF
About 23 Dolphin Lane
23 Dolphin Lane is an end-of-terrace house in Birmingham (B27 7DF). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Across 2005–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at -1.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £182,000 sits 160% above the 2025 sale of £70,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£100/sq ft) was about 33.6% below the postcode norm. A recent sale: £70,000 in January 2025. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 Dec 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
23 Dolphin Lane has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Dec 2023ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of 6 metre deep single storey rear extension. Maximum height 3.9 metres, eaves height 2.9 metres
- Council
- Yardley
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 2023/07920/PA
- Sept 2023ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of 6 metre deep single storey rear extension. Maximum height 4 metres, eaves height 3 metres
- Council
- Yardley
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 2023/04756/PA
What's in 23 Dolphin Lane, Birmingham, B27 7DF's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
23 Dolphin Lane's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£182,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -1.7% per year over 19 years.
£70,000
Growth on file: -1.7% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
31 January 2025Most recent
£70,000
-28.2%over 19 years11 August 2005
£97,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in B27 7DF: £195,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in B27 7DF
Versus other Dolphin Lane homes
23 Dolphin Lane is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£1,077
Street avg £2,154
Floor Area
65 m²
Street avg 68 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
Similar properties nearby
The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
9/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.0 km
Spring Road Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.4 km
The Oaklands Primary School. 41 schools nearby.
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