296 Birmingham Road, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1DP
About 296 Birmingham Road
296 Birmingham Road is a semi-detached house in Sutton Coldfield (B72 1DP). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£343/sq ft) was about 35.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 108 m² it's 17.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (131 m² median across 17 EPCs). Most recent transfer: March 2023 at £398,500.
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
296 Birmingham Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Jun 2024PorchFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Erection of two storey side extension, two and single storey rear extension, forward porch to the front and associated alterations to the front and rear elevations and 2 No Juliette balconies to the rear.
- Council
- Sutton Coldfield
Extension- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 2024/00902/PA
- Mar 2024ExtensionOutlineIn 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
- Sutton Coldfield
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 2024/00905/PA
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Sales history & valuation
296 Birmingham Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£430,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£398,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
9 March 2023Most recent
£398,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in B72 1DP: £270,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in B72 1DP
Cambridge House, Apartment 6, 278 Birmingham Road, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1DP
Sold Jun 2025
£250,000Cambridge House, Apartment 4, 278 Birmingham Road, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1DP
Sold Dec 2024
£116,000324 Birmingham Road, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1DP
Sold Apr 2024
£540,000Cambridge House, Apartment 2, 278 Birmingham Road, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1DP
Sold Oct 2023
£280,000Cambridge House, Apartment 1, 278 Birmingham Road, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1DP
Sold Apr 2022
£285,000
Versus other Birmingham Road homes
Floor Area for 296 Birmingham Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,690
Street avg £3,347
Floor Area
108 m²
Street avg 147 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 9.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km
Chester Road Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.3 km
Wylde Green Primary School. 33 schools nearby.
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