31 Birchfield, Bolton, BL2 4AH
About 31 Birchfield
31 Birchfield is a five-bedroom detached house in Bolton (BL2 4AH). It has a recorded floor area of 180 m² (around 1938 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a corner plot.
At 180 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £595,000 is 14.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£268/sq ft) was about 49% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £520,000 in June 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- GarageDouble
- Corner plotYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
31 Birchfield's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
31 Birchfield has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
4 applications on record at 31 Birchfield, Bolton, BL2 4AH
- Aug 2005ConservatoryFullOutcome in report
Extension: Rear of property
ERECTION OF A CONSERVATORY TO REAR.
Extension- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 71463/05
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksApr 2021Decision
- Tree WorksMay 2017Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 31 Birchfield was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£595,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£520,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 June 2022Most recent
£520,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BL2 4AH: £250,000 (2022–2019).
Versus other Birchfield homes
Floor Area for 31 Birchfield runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,889
Street avg £2,180
Floor Area
180 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.2 t/year
Street avg 5.2 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
0.3 km
Riding Gate — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
St Maxentius CofE Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB







