9 Birkett Drive, Bolton, BL1 7DE
About 9 Birkett Drive
9 Birkett Drive is a detached house in Bolton (BL1 7DE). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2017) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump.
Across 1996–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £285,000 sits 67.6% above the 2017 sale of £170,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 76 m² it's 24% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (100 m² median across 9 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). On the market in April 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at 9 Birkett Drive, Bolton, BL1 7DE
- Aug 2017ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
DEMOLITION OF GARAGE AND ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS TO SIDE AND REAR WITH DETACHED GARAGE.
- Council
- 8408
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 01379/17
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Sales history & valuation
9 Birkett Drive has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1996.
£285,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.4% per year over 21 years.
£170,000
Growth on file: 4.4% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
11 April 2017Most recent
£170,000
+146.4%over 20 years20 May 1996
£69,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BL1 7DE: £310,000 (2022–2016).
Versus other Birkett Drive homes
On epc rating, 9 Birkett Drive runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,237
Street avg £2,266
Floor Area
76 m²
Street avg 100 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 5.0 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
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.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.2dB







