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Beech Cottage, Lovely Hall Lane, Salesbury, Blackburn, BB1 9EQ

Property type
Semi-detached
Habitable rooms
5
From EPC
Floor area
114 m²
1227 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 51
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Private Rental
Overview

About Beech Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Beech Cottage is a semi-detached house in Salesbury, Blackburn, Blackburn (BB1 9EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump.

At 114 m² it sits well below the postcode median (190 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Beech Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Jun 2020

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E51
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
7.3 t/year
Occupancy
Rented

Property Improvements

Changes detected from historical EPC data

Jun 2020from Mar 2009
Heating Controls
FullProg + Stat

Heating controls changed

Hot Water
Main SystemMain (No Stat)

Hot water system changed

Low Energy Lighting
0%58%

More low energy lighting installed

SDL Surveying

Get a survey for this property

Level 3 Building Survey

Victorian-eraSemi-Detached HouseEPC EPre-1919 build

Because the property was built before 1919, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.

From £885 · Includes VAT

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Beech Cottage, Lovely Hall Lane, Salesbury, Blackburn, BB1 9EQ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Beech Cottage has no planning applications on record.

A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Beech Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.

Current estimate

£284,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

See how we calculated this

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 BB1 9EQ: £370,000 (2022–2017).

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On the street

Versus other Lovely Hall Lane homes

Four headline reads against 7 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Beech Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.

EPC Rating

51 (E)

Street avg 63 (D)

Strongly below

Floor Area

114 m²

Street avg 191 m²

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

7.3 t/year

Street avg 7.7 t/year

On par

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 7 rooms

Strongly below
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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Comparables

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A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Blackburn district page.
Full Blackburn report

Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.

Crime

3/mo

Rising year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.3 km

Lovely Hall Lane — bus stop.

Closest school

0.7 km

Salesbury Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.

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FAQ

Common questions

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