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9 Westbank Road, Birkenhead, CH42 7JL

3 sales on record2 planning records
Property type
Semi-detached
Habitable rooms
9
From EPC
Floor area
275 m²
2960 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 47
Council tax
Band C
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 9 Westbank Road

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

9 Westbank Road is a semi-detached house in Birkenhead (CH42 7JL). It has a recorded floor area of 275 m² (around 2960 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump.

At 275 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 36 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£133/sq ft) was about 41.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £395,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

9 Westbank Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E47
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
15.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 9 Westbank Road, Birkenhead, CH42 7JL, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

9 Westbank Road has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.

  1. Aug 2014
    ExtensionOutline
    In report

    Extension: Single storey · Rear of property

    Erection of a single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 5.737m for which the maximum height would be 3.600m and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.7m

    Documents
    2 docs on file
    Reference
    RESX/14/00997
    View planning record
  2. Jul 2014
    ExtensionOutline
    In report

    Extension: Rear of property

    Extension to existing single storey rear outrigger

    Documents
    6 docs on file
    Reference
    LDP/14/00752
    View planning record

What's in 9 Westbank Road, Birkenhead, CH42 7JL's planning history?

Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Latest sale on 9 Westbank Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.

Current estimate

£398,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.1% per year over 26 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2022)

£395,000

Growth on file: 9.1% per year over 26 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 26 October 2022Most recent

    £395,000

    +107.9%over 18 years

  2. 24 June 2004

    £189,950

    +375.5%over 7 years

  3. 11 August 1996

    £39,950

Median price across the last 5 sales in CH42 7JL: £180,000 (2024–2022).

On the street

Versus other Westbank Road homes

Four headline reads against 15 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Floor Area for 9 Westbank Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

Price per m²

£1,436

Street avg £1,328

On par

Floor Area

275 m²

Street avg 156 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

9 rooms

Street avg 7 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

15.0 t/year

Street avg 7.2 t/year

Strongly below
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about 9 Westbank Road

The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

£14.99one-off

30-day money-back guarantee

Preview of the full property report

The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
£352k

10 Heathbank Road

CH42 7LD

4 bed
£348k

10 North Road

CH42 7JE

5 bed2 bath
£325k

1 South Road

CH42 7JN

5 bed
£318k

10 Rocky Bank Road

CH42 7LB

£278k

1 Willowbank Road

CH42 7JU

5 bed
£248k

1 Heathbank Road

CH42 7LD

4 bed
£210k

10 Greenbank Road

CH42 7JS

£209k

10 Westbank Road

CH42 7JL

Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Birkenhead district page.
Full Birkenhead report

Crime

8/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Merlin Road — bus stop.

Closest school

0.3 km

Woodchurch Road Academy. 37 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CH42 7JL from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for CH42 7JL

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

54.4dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for CH42 7JL

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

42.3dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 9 Westbank Road, Birkenhead, CH42 7JL. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.