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About Heights Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Heights Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Fence, Burnley, Burnley (BB12 9JF). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 108), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced Burnley HPI: 6.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£329/sq ft) was about 67.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 82 m² it sits well below the postcode median (177 m² across 9 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. 5 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold July 2019 for £290,000.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Heights Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
F34
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
12.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Heights Cottage, Heights Lane, Fence, Burnley, BB12 9JF, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
A recent planning application at Heights Cottage was refused — worth checking the council file.
- Feb 2022New BuildOutlineRefuse
Permission in Principle: Erection of a detached dwelling.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Heights Cottage has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£263,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 21 years.
Last sold (2019)
£290,000
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Heights Lane homes
Four headline reads against 9 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
EPC Rating for Heights Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,537
Street avg £2,521
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 187 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around BB12 9JF from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.6dB
Everything within walking distance
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