17 Latham Road, Blackrod, Bolton, BL6 5EL
About 17 Latham Road
17 Latham Road is a semi-detached house in Blackrod, Bolton, Bolton (BL6 5EL). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2021) returns a high B (score 87), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in June 2012 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average.
At 128 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2012–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£210/sq ft) was about 37.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £290,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Risks
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Trends
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Energy performance
17 Latham Road ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
Solar PV panels (30 kWp) installed
Planning history
- Jan 2013ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side and rear of property
ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT SIDE AND A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR.
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 89154/12
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 17 Latham Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£263,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.8% per year over 9 years.
£290,000
Growth on file: 11.8% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
26 September 2021Most recent
£290,000
+168.5%over 8 years14 November 2012
£108,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BL6 5EL: £190,000 (2023–2018).
Nearby sales in BL6 5EL
10 Latham Road, Blackrod, Bolton, BL6 5EL
Sold Nov 2023
£224,0006 Latham Road, Blackrod, Bolton, BL6 5EL
Sold Apr 2021
£190,0004 Latham Road, Blackrod, Bolton, BL6 5EL
Sold Oct 2020
£226,00016 Latham Road, Blackrod, Bolton, BL6 5EL
Sold Aug 2019
£145,0008 Latham Road, Blackrod, Bolton, BL6 5EL
Sold Apr 2018
£155,000
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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 Latham Road homes
17 Latham Road outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,266
Street avg £1,964
Floor Area
128 m²
Street avg 93 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.4 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Lion Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School. 12 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.8dB