21 Chester Road, Poole, BH13 6DE
About 21 Chester Road
21 Chester Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Poole (BH13 6DE). It has a recorded floor area of 201 m² (around 2164 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since December 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 201 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£532/sq ft) was about 78.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £1,150,000 in May 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- GarageYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
21 Chester Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system changed
More low energy lighting installed
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Planning history
4 applications on record at 21 Chester Road, Poole, BH13 6DE
- Oct 2020ExtensionOutlineOutcome in report
Extension: Rear of property
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed use for: 2x Single storey rear extensions
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- APP/20/00918/K
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionJul 2022Decision
- FullDec 2021Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,174,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,150,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
12 May 2022Most recent
£1,150,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH13 6DE: £450,000 (2024–2020).
Versus other Chester Road homes
On price per m², 21 Chester Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,721
Street avg £3,208
Floor Area
201 m²
Street avg 246 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 9.3 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
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Herbert Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.9 km
Courthill Infant School. 8 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB







