Swallows Nest, Back Shaw Lane, Keighley, BD21 5QU
About Swallows Nest
Swallows Nest is a detached house in Keighley (BD21 5QU). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2003-2006. The latest certificate (September 2015) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 104), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 86 m² it sits well below the postcode median (137 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Sept 2025
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Swallows Nest has an approved side extension on the planning record.
2 applications on record at Swallows Nest, Back Shaw Lane, Keighley, BD21 5QU
- Nov 2008ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Side of property
Side extension to existing bungalow
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 08/05914/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- ConditionsAug 2016Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Swallows Nest has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£239,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in BD21 5QU: £383,350 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in BD21 5QU
Moor Edge Farm, Back Shaw Lane, Keighley, BD21 5QU
Sold Oct 2024
£595,0004 Back Shaw Farm, Back Shaw Lane, Keighley, BD21 5QU
Sold Aug 2021
£383,350Moorside Farm, Back Shaw Lane, Keighley, BD21 5QU
Sold May 2019
£360,000Moorside Meadow, Back Shaw Lane, Keighley, BD21 5QU
Sold Mar 2019
£350,0003 Back Shaw Farm, Back Shaw Lane, Keighley, BD21 5QU
Sold Sept 2016
£211,500
Versus other Back Shaw Lane homes
Floor Area for Swallows Nest lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
65 (D)
Street avg 62 (D)
Floor Area
86 m²
Street avg 154 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 7.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
6/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Shaw Ln Back Shaw Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Long Lee Primary School. 16 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB







