16 Cottingley Drive, Bingley, BD16 1ND
About 16 Cottingley Drive
16 Cottingley Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in Bingley (BD16 1ND). It has a recorded floor area of 167 m² (around 1798 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £607,000 is 14.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£295/sq ft) was about 66.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £530,000 in July 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff street
- Cul-de-sacYes
Energy performance
16 Cottingley Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Sept 2024RenovationFullIn report
Retaining wall to rear and sides of garden up to 2.1 m in height, patio area to rear with staircase leading to upper level garden area, porous paving to front for new 1 No vehicular parking space (part retrospective)
- Agent
- Morf Architecture Ltd
Retrospective- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/02592/HOU
- Oct 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Single storey ground floor extension at the rear, two-storey hall and single storey garage extension to the front
- Reference
- 22/03543/HOU
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Sales history & valuation
16 Cottingley Drive has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2001.
£607,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.0% per year over 21 years.
£530,000
Growth on file: 4.0% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
5 July 2022Most recent
£530,000
+40.4%over 12 years9 July 2009
£377,500
+62.0%over 7 years27 August 2001
£233,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BD16 1ND: £420,000 (2022–2019).
Nearby sales in BD16 1ND
Versus other Cottingley Drive homes
Years Held for 16 Cottingley Drive lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,174
Street avg £2,481
Floor Area
167 m²
Street avg 177 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.2 t/year
Street avg 9.0 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
0.2 km
Ghyll Wood Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Beckfoot School. 20 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.0dB







