Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
8 Castle Avenue, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 4LL
2 planning records
Property type
Semi-detached
Habitable rooms
4
From EPC
Floor area
87 m²
936 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 50
Council tax
Band D
Tenure
Owner Occupied
About 8 Castle Avenue
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
8 Castle Avenue is a semi-detached house in Highcliffe, Christchurch, Christchurch (BH23 4LL). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2011) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £470,000 is 17.5% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£427/sq ft) was about 85% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2019 for £400,000.
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 Jan 2021
Current Certificate
Jan 2011EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E50
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
5.6 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Expired on 22 January 2021
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 8 Castle Avenue, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 4LL, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
2 applications on record at 8 Castle Avenue, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 4LL
2decisions2extensions11documents1nearby
Flagged:Demolition
- Jan 2020DemolitionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Two Storey Side And Front Extension. Single Storey Rear Extension (Following demolition of garage, out-houses and conservatory).
Extension- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 8/19/1402/HOU
- More recent applications — locked
- DemolitionApr 2020Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
8 Castle Avenue has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£470,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 20 years.
Last sold (2019)
£400,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
29 August 2019Most recent
£400,000
+265.3%over 19 years17 October 1999
£109,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH23 4LL: £420,000 (2024–2017).
Nearby sales in BH23 4LL
27a, Castle Avenue, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 4LL
Sold Dec 2024
£420,00023 Castle Avenue, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 4LL
Sold Oct 2024
£455,00024 Castle Avenue, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 4LL
Sold Nov 2021
£472,00027 Castle Avenue, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 4LL
Sold Oct 2017
£330,00025 Castle Avenue, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 4LL
Sold Jun 2017
£320,000
Versus other Castle Avenue homes
Four headline reads against 21 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On epc rating, 8 Castle Avenue runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,598
Street avg £3,162
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 97 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
205/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Hinton Wood Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Highcliffe St Mark Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around BH23 4LL from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.4dB
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