53 Birch Avenue is a three-bedroom detached house in Wirral (CH49 4LS). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wirral HPI: 18.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £317,000 is 10.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£382/sq ft) was about 100.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 70 m² it's 26.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (95 m² median across 23 EPCs). Sold September 2021 for £287,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
53 Birch Avenue has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission APP/18/01285 (Erection of a detached dwelling) to allow the dwelling to be constructed with a single storey rear extension, the omission of a first floor window to the east elevation and the formation of juliet balconies to the front and rear at first floor.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£317,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 18.2% per year over 4 years.
£287,500
Growth on file: 18.2% per year over 4 years.
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On price per m², 53 Birch Avenue stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,107
Street avg £2,518
Floor Area
70 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Hudson Place — bus stop.

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New build dwelling house to land to the side of 53 Birch Avenue
Full planning data for 53 Birch Avenue, Wirral, CH49 4LS
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30 September 2021Most recent
£287,500
+83.7%over 3 years9 February 2018
£156,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH49 4LS: £255,000 (2024–2020).
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Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.5 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
CH49 4PL
Closest school
0.9 km
Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School. 20 schools nearby.
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