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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.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£133/sq ft) was about 41.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 275 m² the property is well over the postcode median (108 m² across 32 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. 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.
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 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.
- Sept 2014ExtensionOutlinePrior approval is not required
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
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
See how we calculated this£398,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.1% per year over 26 years.
Last sold (2022)
£395,000
Growth on file: 9.1% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
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
Floor Area
275 m²
Street avg 156 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Merlin Road — bus stop.
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· 07:00 – 23:00
54.4dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 67 points of interest in total.
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