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18 Holmwood Drive, Heswall, Wirral, CH61 1AU

2 planning records
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
121 m²
1302 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 51
Council tax
Band F
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 18 Holmwood Drive

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

18 Holmwood Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Heswall, Wirral, Wirral (CH61 1AU). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory and attached land beyond the plot.

2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 121 m² it's 29.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (173 m² median across 6 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2019–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 12% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £475,000 is 20.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£303/sq ft) was about 41.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2021 at £395,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms4
  • Bathrooms2
  • ConservatoryYes

Outside

  • Private gardenSouth-facing
  • DrivewayYes
  • Summer houseYes
  • LandYes
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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
  • Beautiful Places, source of nearby scenic places
Energy

Energy performance

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

18 Holmwood Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E51
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
7.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 18 Holmwood Drive, Heswall, Wirral, CH61 1AU, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at 18 Holmwood Drive.

  1. Sept 2018
    ExtensionFull
    In report

    Extension: Single storey · Rear of property

    Rear ground floor extension to replace existing, with new first floor above, and improved forward-facing dormers.

    Agent
    Jones and Wathen Ltd
    Documents
    6 docs on file
    Reference
    APP/18/00867
    View planning record
  2. Feb 2006
    ExtensionFull
    In report

    Extension: Single storey

    Erection of a single storey extension.

    Documents
    8 docs on file
    Reference
    APP/05/07677
    View planning record

What's in 18 Holmwood Drive, Heswall, Wirral, CH61 1AU'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.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£475,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 12.0% per year over 3 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2021)

£395,000

Growth on file: 12.0% per year over 3 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 10 December 2021Most recent

    £395,000

    +37.2%over 2 years
  2. 26 February 2019

    £288,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in CH61 1AU: £625,000 (2025–2019).

On the street

Versus other Holmwood Drive homes

Four headline reads against 6 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

18 Holmwood Drive is notably below the street on epc rating.

Price per m²

£3,264

Street avg £3,269

On par

Floor Area

121 m²

Street avg 154 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

6 rooms

Street avg 7 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

7.2 t/year

Street avg 5.1 t/year

Strongly below
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about 18 Holmwood Drive

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
  • Beautiful Places, source of nearby scenic places
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

2/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.2 km

Holmwood Drive — bus stop.

Closest school

1.2 km

Thingwall Primary School. 11 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 CH61 1AU from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for CH61 1AU

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

48.0dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for CH61 1AU

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

39.1dB

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 18 Holmwood Drive, Heswall, Wirral, CH61 1AU. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.