Birch Heath Farm, Stamford Lane, Cotton Edmunds, Chester, CH3 7QD
About Birch Heath Farm
Birch Heath Farm is a detached house in Cotton Edmunds, Chester, Chester (CH3 7QD). It has a recorded floor area of 223 m² (around 2398 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1983-1990. The latest certificate (June 2010) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 223 m² it's 16.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (191 m² median across 7 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£334/sq ft) was about 32.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £800,000 in March 2019.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Birch Heath Farm'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Jun 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
Birch Heath Farm has an approved side and rear extension on the planning record.
- Feb 2020ExtensionAmendmentIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Single storey side extension and two storey rear extension
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/00041/LDC
- Aug 2019ExtensionIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Single storey side extension and erection of garden building
- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/00909/LDC
What's in Birch Heath Farm, Stamford Lane, Cotton Edmunds, Chester, CH3 7QD's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
£819,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£800,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
7 March 2019Most recent
£800,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in CH3 7QD: £650,000 (2021–2002).
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Versus other Stamford Lane homes
Birch Heath Farm outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
54 (E)
Street avg 63 (D)
Floor Area
223 m²
Street avg 176 m²
CO₂ Emissions
9.6 t/year
Street avg 6.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.9 km
Vicars Cross Golf Club — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Christleton High School. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.7dB