Castlebank, Straits Lane, Read, Burnley, BB12 7PE

Castlebank is a semi-detached house in Read, Burnley, Burnley (BB12 7PE). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2016) 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. The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 123 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an annexe, an extension, partial demolition and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£165/sq ft) was about 47.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in November 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.