5 Plymouth Road, Barnt Green, Birmingham, B45 8JE
About 5 Plymouth Road
5 Plymouth Road is a detached house in Barnt Green, Birmingham, Birmingham (B45 8JE). It has a recorded floor area of 173 m² (around 1862 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump.
At 173 m² it sits well below the postcode median (276 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). 5 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2017–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 28% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £917,000 is 33.9% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£368/sq ft) was about 40.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in April 2018 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years.
Energy performance
5 Plymouth Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
5 Plymouth Road has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
5 applications on record at 5 Plymouth Road, Barnt Green, Birmingham, B45 8JE
- Apr 2020ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Single storey rear extension; two storey rear and side extension
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/00258/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- OutbuildingMar 2025Decision
- ExtensionMay 2023Decision
+ 2 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
5 Plymouth Road changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£917,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 28.0% per year over 1 year.
£685,000
Growth on file: 28.0% per year over 1 year.
Sales timeline
26 April 2018Most recent
£685,000
+29.7%over 1 year6 April 2017
£528,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B45 8JE: £1,475,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in B45 8JE
11a, Plymouth Road, Barnt Green, Birmingham, B45 8JE
Sold Jul 2024
£1,700,0007a, Plymouth Road, Barnt Green, Birmingham, B45 8JE
Sold Sept 2023
£1,475,0009a, Plymouth Road, Barnt Green, Birmingham, B45 8JE
Sold Dec 2021
£1,000,0001a, Plymouth Road, Barnt Green, Birmingham, B45 8JE
Sold Nov 2021
£1,200,000Helens Gate, Wellingtonia, Plymouth Road, Barnt Green, Birmingham, B45 8JE
Sold Apr 2021
£2,250,000
Versus other Plymouth Road homes
Floor Area for 5 Plymouth Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,960
Street avg £3,739
Floor Area
173 m²
Street avg 309 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.9 t/year
Street avg 9.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Cherry Hill Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
St Andrew's CofE First School. 4 schools nearby.
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