8 Bower Road, Bristol, BS3 2LN
About 8 Bower Road
8 Bower Road is a semi-detached house in Bristol (BS3 2LN). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 94 m² it's 15.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (111 m² median across 11 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs).
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Energy performance
8 Bower Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Sept 2023
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Planning history
8 Bower Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 8 Bower Road, Bristol, BS3 2LN
- Feb 2014ExtensionOutlineOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Prior approval for the erection of a single storey rear extension that would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.6 metres, have a maximum height of 3.7 metres and have eaves that are 2.4 metres high.
- Council
- Greater Bedminster Community Partnership
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/00175/HX
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Sales history & valuation
8 Bower Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£458,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in BS3 2LN: £600,000 (2025–2021).
Versus other Bower Road homes
On epc rating, 8 Bower Road runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
49 (E)
Street avg 55 (D)
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 113 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.8 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Smyth Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Luckwell Primary School. 30 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.8dB