8 Westcombe Drive, Bury, BL8 1DN
About 8 Westcombe Drive
8 Westcombe Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bury (BL8 1DN). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
At 119 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £362,000 is 12.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£252/sq ft) was about 48.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £322,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
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Certificate validity
Valid until 19 July 2032
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Planning history
2 applications on record at 8 Westcombe Drive, Bury, BL8 1DN
- Feb 2008ExtensionFullOutcome in report
TWO STOREY AND SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT SIDE. SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR. DETACHED GARAGE AT REAR
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 49328
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionOct 2019Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 8 Westcombe Drive was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£362,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£322,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
12 October 2022Most recent
£322,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in BL8 1DN: £230,000 (2025–2021).
Versus other Westcombe Drive homes
8 Westcombe Drive outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,710
Street avg £2,095
Floor Area
119 m²
Street avg 83 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
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Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Grantham Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Woodbank Primary School. 31 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.3dB