9 Becketts Lane, Chester, CH3 5RN
About 9 Becketts Lane
9 Becketts Lane is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Chester (CH3 5RN). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 530 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2009) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 60). The latest certificate is from March 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 49 m² it sits well below the postcode median (90 m² across 27 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). Sold May 2019 for £186,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £221,000 is 18.8% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£351/sq ft) was about 90.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Energy performance
9 Becketts Lane's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Mar 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a two-storey rear extension at 9 Becketts Lane.
- Oct 2021PorchIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Front porch, single storey rear extension, erection of garden outbuilding
Extension- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/02174/FUL
- Sept 2011ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Two Storey Rear Extension
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 11/03299/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
9 Becketts Lane has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£221,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 23 years.
£186,000
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
30 May 2019Most recent
£186,000
+10.7%over 3 years15 October 2015
£168,000
+51.4%over 6 years9 August 2009
£111,000
+103.7%over 11 years31 October 1997
£54,500
+18.5%over 1 year22 August 1996
£46,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH3 5RN: £315,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in CH3 5RN
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- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Becketts Lane homes
On floor area, 9 Becketts Lane runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,780
Street avg £2,591
Floor Area
49 m²
Street avg 90 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Heath Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Boughton Heath Academy. 18 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.9dB