1 Buxton Road, Congleton, CW12 2DN
About 1 Buxton Road
1 Buxton Road is an end-of-terrace house in Congleton (CW12 2DN). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it B (July 2022); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 74 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Risks
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Energy performance
1 Buxton Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Hot water efficiency decreased
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Planning history
- Aug 2022ConditionsIn report
Discharge of Conditions 18 & 19 on 19/4645C - Residential development of the site to provide 19 affordable residential units, with the demolition of existing industrial premises, site remediation and associated car parking, landscaping, services and infrastructure. This will be a substitute of a previously consented scheme for 10 open market residential units. (Planning ref: 16/3826C)
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/2030D
- Jan 2003Change of UseFullIn report
CHANGE OF USE - RETAIL TO RESIDENTIAL FOR 1NO. 3 BEDROOM HOUSE, 2 STOREY.
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 35208/3
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Sales history & valuation
1 Buxton Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£169,000
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 1 sales in CW12 2DN: £16,500 (2003–2003).
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Crime
3/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
King Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Buglawton Primary School. 10 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.6dB