3 The Cottages, St Ives Estate, Harden, Bingley, BD16 1AT
About 3 The Cottages
3 The Cottages is a mid-terrace house in Harden, Bingley, Bingley (BD16 1AT). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2019. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump.
It changed hands recently, sold June 2025 for £175,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 61 m² it's 16.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (53 m² median across 8 EPCs). Across 2016–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at -14.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £193,000 is 10.3% above the 2025 sale price.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jul 2017Change of UseFullIn report
Change of use from nursing home/residential care home staff and resident accommodation to 6 unrestricted dwelling houses (Use Class C3) and landscaping works
- Agent
- Heritage Planning Design
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/03327/FUL
- May 2017RenovationHeritageIn report
Exterior alterations including replacement of exterior doors and rooflights, glazing of cart entrance, installation of gas meters, boiler flues and mechanical extraction vents, and regularisation of discrepancies between existing drawings and proposal approved in 1994 (ref. 94/00861/LBC)
- Agent
- Heritage Planning Design
New Windows- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/01763/LBC
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Sales history & valuation
3 The Cottages saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£193,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -14.3% per year over 9 years.
£175,000
Growth on file: -14.3% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
5 June 2025Most recent
£175,000
-7.9%over 6 years7 March 2019
£189,950
-72.0%over 2 years5 September 2016
£678,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BD16 1AT: £271,000 (2022–2019).
Nearby sales in BD16 1AT
1 Golf Cottages, St Ives Estate, Harden, Bingley, BD16 1AT
Sold Aug 2022
£271,0006 The Cottages, St Ives Estate, Harden, Bingley, BD16 1AT
Sold Jun 2022
£125,0002 The Cottages, St Ives Estate, Harden, Bingley, BD16 1AT
Sold May 2022
£199,950St Ives Mansion, St Ives Estate, Harden, Bingley, BD16 1AT
Sold Nov 2021
£850,0001 The Cottages, St Ives Estate, Harden, Bingley, BD16 1AT
Sold Oct 2019
£290,000
Versus other St Ives Estate homes
3 The Cottages is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£2,869
Street avg £3,357
Floor Area
61 m²
Street avg 67 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Harden Road St Ives Rd — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Harden Primary School. 12 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.0dB







