2 Black Water Drive, Wimborne, BH21 3BH
About 2 Black Water Drive
2 Black Water Drive is a detached house in Wimborne (BH21 3BH). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows an F (score 25), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 116 m² it sits well below the postcode median (227 m² across 5 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. It changed hands recently, sold March 2025 for £750,000. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£601/sq ft) was about 16% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
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Risks
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Trends
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Energy performance
2 Black Water Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history at 2 Black Water Drive is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Jul 2013Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 Leyland Cypress: fell. T2 Oak: reduce height up to 2m. T3 Birch: fell. TPO 43 Area 1967 .
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- TP/13/00361/X
- Jan 2012Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1, T3, T4, T5 Birch, fell. T2 Birch, remove limb overhanging garage at 10m. TPO 67/00043, area, 1968
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- TP/11/00643/X
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
£764,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£750,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
7 March 2025Most recent
£750,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in BH21 3BH: £1,255,000 (2023–2007).
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Black Water Drive homes
EPC Rating for 2 Black Water Drive lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
25 (F)
Street avg 57 (D)
Floor Area
116 m²
Street avg 220 m²
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 9.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 9 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Blackwater Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Merley First School. 9 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.9dB