What type of property is 5 Birkenhills Drive, BL3 4TX?

5 Birkenhills Drive, BL3 4TX is a 4-bedroom semi-detached house.

What did 5 Birkenhills Drive, BL3 4TX sell for?

5 Birkenhills Drive, BL3 4TX last sold for £290,000 in August 2022, around 4 years ago. Before that, it sold for £175,000 in September 2008, so prices have been rising over 14 years on record. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for 5 Birkenhills Drive, BL3 4TX?

Across 2 sales between September 2008 and August 2022, 5 Birkenhills Drive, BL3 4TX rose from £175,000 to £290,000, a change of £115,000. That works out to roughly +3.7% per year compounded over 14 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the EPC rating for 5 Birkenhills Drive, BL3 4TX?

The current EPC rating for 5 Birkenhills Drive, BL3 4TX is C with a score of 69 out of 100, lodged in March 2022. The assessor estimates the property could reach a B. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of 5 Birkenhills Drive, BL3 4TX?

5 Birkenhills Drive, BL3 4TX has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (1,292 sq ft), around 30 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 19% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in BL3 4TX. Source: EPC Register.

How is 5 Birkenhills Drive, BL3 4TX heated?

The latest EPC at 5 Birkenhills Drive, BL3 4TX records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

Has 5 Birkenhills Drive, BL3 4TX had any planning applications?

5 Birkenhills Drive, BL3 4TX has 1 planning record on file (1 refused), most recent in December 2005. Source: PlanIt planning register.

What council tax band is 5 Birkenhills Drive, BL3 4TX?

5 Birkenhills Drive, BL3 4TX is in council tax band C.

Where is 5 Birkenhills Drive, BL3 4TX located?

5 Birkenhills Drive, BL3 4TX sits in Bolton. It falls within the BL3 postcode district.

Which schools serve 5 Birkenhills Drive, BL3 4TX?

The closest primary school to 5 Birkenhills Drive, BL3 4TX is St Bernard's RC Primary School, Bolton (175m), one of 26 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Ladybridge High School (298m), with 7 secondaries in the surrounding area.

What is the nearest station to 5 Birkenhills Drive, BL3 4TX?

The closest bus stop to 5 Birkenhills Drive, BL3 4TX is Birkenhills Drive, 151m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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5 Birkenhills Drive, Bolton, BL3 4TX

1 planning record

Property type

Semi-detached

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Floor area

120 m²

1292 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 69

Council tax

Band C

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About 5 Birkenhills Drive

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

5 Birkenhills Drive is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Bolton (BL3 4TX). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).

At 120 m² it's 23.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (97 m² median across 9 EPCs). Across 2008–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £334,000 is 15.2% above the 2022 sale price. One planning record on file: an extension refused in 2005. Last sale on file: £290,000 in August 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

Bedrooms4
Bathrooms3

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Energy

Energy performance

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

EPC Rating

C69

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

4.1 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 5 Birkenhills Drive, Bolton, BL3 4TX, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Dec 2005
PorchFull
In report
Extension: Front of property
ERECTION OF PORCH AT FRONT
Extension
Documents
2 docs on file
Reference
72700/05
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What's in 5 Birkenhills Drive, Bolton, BL3 4TX's planning history?

Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.

Price

Sales history & valuation

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

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£334,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.7% per year over 14 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£290,000

Growth on file: 3.7% per year over 14 years.

Sales timeline

11 August 2022Most recent
£290,000
+65.7%over 13 years
18 September 2008
£175,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in BL3 4TX: £240,000 (2025–2022).

Nearby sales in BL3 4TX

On the street

Versus other Birkenhills Drive homes

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

5 Birkenhills Drive outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£2,417

Street avg £2,636

On par

Floor Area

120 m²

Street avg 92 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

8 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

4.1 t/year

Street avg 4.2 t/year

On par

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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Nearest stop

0.2 km

Birkenhills Drive — bus stop.

Closest school

0.2 km

St Bernard's RC Primary School, Bolton. 33 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around BL3 4TX from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

52.0dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for BL3 4TX

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

42.8dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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