5 School Lane, Hartford, Northwich, CW8 1NP
About 5 School Lane
5 School Lane is a five-bedroom detached house in Hartford, Northwich, Northwich (CW8 1NP). It has a recorded floor area of 180 m² (around 1938 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band.
At 180 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Today's modelled estimate of £882,000 is 22.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£372/sq ft) was about 118.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £720,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
Outside
- Private gardenWrap around
- LandYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
5 School Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 School Lane sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.
- Oct 2025PorchConditionsIn report
Extension: Single storey
Replacement front dormer, and modifications to the front porch. Demolition of existing rear extension, erection of single storey side and rear extension. Modifications to existing roof dormer including new windows, replacement windows and doors.
Extension- Documents
- 20 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/01641/FUL
- Aug 2011Tree WorksTreesIn report
Fell Oak tree - Oak tree has shed large limb leaving the tree in a dangerous condition. Tree is covered by a conservation area.
Conservation Area- Reference
- 11/03795/TPE
What's in 5 School Lane, Hartford, Northwich, CW8 1NP's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 5 School Lane was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£882,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£720,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 November 2021Most recent
£720,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CW8 1NP: £240,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in CW8 1NP
11 School Lane, Hartford, Northwich, CW8 1NP
Sold Apr 2024
£325,00033 School Lane, Hartford, Northwich, CW8 1NP
Sold Nov 2023
£172,50039 School Lane, Hartford, Northwich, CW8 1NP
Sold Mar 2023
£240,00041 School Lane, Hartford, Northwich, CW8 1NP
Sold Jan 2023
£285,0003 School Lane, Hartford, Northwich, CW8 1NP
Sold Dec 2021
£527,500
Everything we know about 5 School Lane, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other School Lane homes
5 School Lane outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,003
Street avg £2,500
Floor Area
180 m²
Street avg 97 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.0 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
St John the Baptist Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Hartford Church of England High School. 16 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.4dB