1 Otley Grove, Birmingham, B9 5UB
About 1 Otley Grove
1 Otley Grove is a semi-detached house in Birmingham (B9 5UB). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a G (score 2), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.
At 91 m² it's 24.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (73 m² median across 16 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2026. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
1 Otley Grove sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Otley Grove has an approved side and rear extension on the planning record.
- Jan 2026ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Erection of single storey side and rear and first floor side extensions
- Council
- Hodge Hill & Solihull North
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 2025/06363/PA
What's in 1 Otley Grove, Birmingham, B9 5UB's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
1 Otley Grove has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£188,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in B9 5UB: £95,000 (2019–2003).
Versus other Otley Grove homes
EPC Rating for 1 Otley Grove lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
2 (G)
Street avg 68 (D)
Floor Area
91 m²
Street avg 94 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
19/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.8 km
Stechford Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.5 km
St Cuthbert's RC Junior and Infant (NC) School. 55 schools nearby.
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