12 Nowell Grove, Read, Burnley, BB12 7PG
About 12 Nowell Grove
12 Nowell Grove is a four-bedroom detached house in Read, Burnley, Burnley (BB12 7PG). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1026 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2012) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 58). The latest certificate is from March 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 95 m² it sits well below the postcode median (146 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £414,000 is 35.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£297/sq ft) was about 78.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2021 for £305,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageIntegral
Building
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
12 Nowell Grove's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 01 Mar 2022
EPC Rating
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Planning history
12 Nowell Grove has 3 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Apr 2015ExtensionFullIn report
Proposed extension of a dormer dwelling at first floor level. Re-submission of application 3/2012/0242.
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 25779
- May 2012ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Proposed extension of a dormer dwelling at first floor level. Re-submission.
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 22799
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£414,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.8% per year over 13 years.
£305,000
Growth on file: 1.8% per year over 13 years.
Sales timeline
5 February 2021Most recent
£305,000
+32.6%over 8 years12 July 2012
£230,000
-4.2%over 4 years4 September 2007
£240,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BB12 7PG: £305,000 (2023–2019).
Nearby sales in BB12 7PG
4 Nowell Grove, Read, Burnley, BB12 7PG
Sold Oct 2023
£318,0001 Nowell Grove, Read, Burnley, BB12 7PG
Sold Nov 2021
£305,00014 Nowell Grove, Read, Burnley, BB12 7PG
Sold Jun 2020
£360,0003 Nowell Grove, Read, Burnley, BB12 7PG
Sold Oct 2019
£262,0008 Nowell Grove, Read, Burnley, BB12 7PG
Sold Feb 2014
£225,000
Versus other Nowell Grove homes
Price per m² for 12 Nowell Grove runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,200
Street avg £2,241
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 134 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 8.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
2/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Straits Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Read St John's CofE Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
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