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18 Birkett Drive, Bolton, BL1 7DE

3 sales on record4 planning records
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
5
Bathrooms
3
Floor area
160 m²
1722 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 66
Council tax
Band D
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 18 Birkett Drive

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

18 Birkett Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in Bolton (BL1 7DE). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).

At 160 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£273/sq ft) was about 48.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £471,000 in July 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms5
  • Bathrooms3
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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

18 Birkett Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D66
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
6.7 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 18 Birkett Drive, Bolton, BL1 7DE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

18 Birkett Drive has been through 4 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.

4 applications on record at 18 Birkett Drive, Bolton, BL1 7DE

4decisions1extensions12documents2nearby
  1. Oct 2007
    ExtensionFull
    Outcome in report

    Extension: Single storey · Rear of property

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR.

    Documents
    2 docs on file
    Reference
    78249/07
    Full record in report
  2. More recent applications — locked
  3. Tree WorksDecision
  4. Tree WorksDecision

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Latest sale on 18 Birkett Drive was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.

Current estimate

£512,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.1% per year over 21 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£471,000

Growth on file: 7.1% per year over 21 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 25 July 2022Most recent

    £471,000

    +47.2%over 4 years

  2. 2 August 2017

    £320,000

    +197.7%over 16 years

  3. 31 January 2001

    £107,500

Median price across the last 5 sales in BL1 7DE: £249,995 (2021–2015).

On the street

Versus other Birkett Drive homes

Four headline reads against 9 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

18 Birkett Drive is notably below the street on years held.

Price per m²

£2,944

Street avg £2,188

Above

Floor Area

160 m²

Street avg 91 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

9 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

6.7 t/year

Street avg 4.8 t/year

Strongly below
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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Bolton district page.
Full Bolton report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

1/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.0 km

Birkett Drive — bus stop.

Closest school

0.6 km

High Lawn Primary School. 30 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around BL1 7DE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for BL1 7DE

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

49.2dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for BL1 7DE

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

40.2dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

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