40 Chorley New Road, Lostock, Bolton, BL6 4AL
About 40 Chorley New Road
40 Chorley New Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Lostock, Bolton, Bolton (BL6 4AL). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include notable views, a basement and a loft. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2022. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £383,000 is 14.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£308/sq ft) was about 51.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 101 m² it's 25.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (135 m² median across 14 EPCs). Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £335,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- LoftYes
- BasementYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
- Notable viewsYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2022Loft ConversionFullIn report
DORMER LOFT CONVERSION WITH ROOF ALTERATIONS
- Agent
- S H Wilkinson Architects Ltd
- Council
- 131774
- Documents
- 22 docs on file
- Reference
- 12883/21
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£383,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.6% per year over 14 years.
£335,000
Growth on file: 2.6% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
29 June 2021Most recent
£335,000
+42.6%over 13 years18 October 2007
£235,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BL6 4AL: £435,000 (2023–2020).
Nearby sales in BL6 4AL
80 Chorley New Road, Lostock, Bolton, BL6 4AL
Sold Jan 2023
£840,00068 Chorley New Road, Lostock, Bolton, BL6 4AL
Sold Aug 2021
£435,00044 Chorley New Road, Lostock, Bolton, BL6 4AL
Sold Jan 2020
£275,00030 Chorley New Road, Lostock, Bolton, BL6 4AL
Sold May 2019
£275,00042 Chorley New Road, Lostock, Bolton, BL6 4AL
Sold Nov 2016
£196,000
Everything we know about 40 Chorley New Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Chorley New Road homes
On floor area, 40 Chorley New Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,317
Street avg £2,648
Floor Area
101 m²
Street avg 180 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 6.3 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.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Ox Hey Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Claypool Primary School. 12 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.6dB