173 Blackburn Road, Bolton, BL1 8HE
About 173 Blackburn Road
173 Blackburn Road is a mid-terrace house in Bolton (BL1 8HE). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
At 110 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £150,000 sits 87.5% above the 2021 sale of £80,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£68/sq ft) was about 41.6% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold October 2021 for £80,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at 173 Blackburn Road.
2 applications on record at 173 Blackburn Road, Bolton, BL1 8HE
- Oct 2007ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Rear of property
ERECTION OF PART SINGLE/PART TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 78215/07
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionJul 2022Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£150,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£80,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
14 October 2021Most recent
£80,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BL1 8HE: £129,500 (2023–2009).
Nearby sales in BL1 8HE
Versus other Blackburn Road homes
On price per m², 173 Blackburn Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£727
Street avg £1,361
Floor Area
110 m²
Street avg 90 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Draycott Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
The Valley Community Primary School. 45 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.3dB







