149 Bell Hill Road, Bristol, BS5 7NQ
About 149 Bell Hill Road
149 Bell Hill Road is a detached house in Bristol (BS5 7NQ). It has a recorded floor area of 152 m² (around 1636 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 152 m² the property is well over the postcode median (39 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold December 2022 for £500,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
149 Bell Hill Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 23 May 2032
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Planning history
A subdivision application was refused at 149 Bell Hill Road in 2024.
2 applications on record at 149 Bell Hill Road, Bristol, BS5 7NQ
- May 2024SubdivisionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Part single, part two storey
Sub-division of existing dwelling into 2no. self-contained flats. Demolition of existing outbuildings and single storey outrigger, and removal of existing hipped roof, and the erection of a two-storey side extension, a part three-storey, part two-storey rear extension, and new mansard roof to create 8no. self-contained flats, with associated soft and hard landscaping.
Extension- Documents
- 17 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/04368/F
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionNov 2025Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 149 Bell Hill Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£498,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£500,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
14 December 2022Most recent
£500,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BS5 7NQ: £120,000 (2022–2017).
Nearby sales in BS5 7NQ
119a, Bell Hill Road, Bristol, BS5 7NQ
Sold Aug 2022
£175,000121 123, Flat D, Bell Hill Road, Bristol, BS5 7NQ
Sold Jun 2021
£120,000121 123, Flat A, Bell Hill Road, Bristol, BS5 7NQ
Sold Jun 2019
£92,000121 123, Flat E, Bell Hill Road, Bristol, BS5 7NQ
Sold Mar 2017
£97,500121 123, Flat F, Bell Hill Road, Bristol, BS5 7NQ
Sold Sept 2015
£89,995
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
627/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Glen Park — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Air Balloon Hill Primary School. 42 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB







