31 Church Street, Hapton, Burnley, BB12 7LA
About 31 Church Street
31 Church Street is a five-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hapton, Burnley, Burnley (BB12 7LA). It has a recorded floor area of 187 m² (around 2013 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (September 2017) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump.
At 187 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. It changed hands recently, sold June 2025 for £189,950. One planning record on file: change of use to residential approved in 2017. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £254,000 is 33.7% above the 2025 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£94/sq ft) was about 25% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- FireplaceYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
Energy performance
31 Church Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
- May 2017Change of UseOutlineIn report
Notification for prior approval for a proposed change of use from shop (Class A1) to dwelling house (Class C3)
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- NOT/2017/0166
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 31 Church Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£254,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.8% per year over 19 years.
£189,950
Growth on file: 3.8% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
8 June 2025Most recent
£189,950
+99.9%over 18 years22 November 2006
£95,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BB12 7LA: £75,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in BB12 7LA
21 Church Street, Hapton, Burnley, BB12 7LA
Sold Aug 2025
£110,00017 Church Street, Hapton, Burnley, BB12 7LA
Sold Nov 2022
£97,5007 Church Street, Hapton, Burnley, BB12 7LA
Sold Sept 2021
£75,00025 Church Street, Hapton, Burnley, BB12 7LA
Sold Mar 2021
£55,00023 Church Street, Hapton, Burnley, BB12 7LA
Sold Apr 2020
£63,000
Versus other Church Street homes
31 Church Street outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,016
Street avg £1,001
Floor Area
187 m²
Street avg 77 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Railway Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Hapton Church of England/Methodist Primary School. 12 schools nearby.
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