1 Ash Grove, Chester, CH4 7QN
About 1 Ash Grove
1 Ash Grove is a detached house in Chester (CH4 7QN). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (199 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 11 August 2030
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Planning history
1 Ash Grove has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
4 applications on record at 1 Ash Grove, Chester, CH4 7QN
- May 2003ExtensionOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 03/00563/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- ConversionOct 2019Decision
- ExtensionJun 2008Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
1 Ash Grove has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£454,000
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 CH4 7QN: £500,000 (2026–2006).
Versus other Ash Grove homes
On floor area, 1 Ash Grove runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
63 (D)
Street avg 60 (D)
Floor Area
53 m²
Street avg 194 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.3 t/year
Street avg 8.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 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
139/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Ash Grove — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Belgrave Primary School. 13 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.9dB







