4 Canal Side, Barnton, Northwich, CW8 4EN
About 4 Canal Side
4 Canal Side is a semi-detached house in Barnton, Northwich, Northwich (CW8 4EN). It has a recorded floor area of 141 m² (around 1518 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.
At 141 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 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, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
4 Canal Side sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history at 4 Canal Side is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Oct 2020Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1- Pine tree - Needs to be topped and pruned T2 - Goat willow tree - Needs to be topped and pruned T3 - Ash tree - Needs to be topped and pruned T4 - Ash tree - Needs to be topped and pruned T5 - Hazel tree - Needs to be topped and pruned
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/03287/CAT
- Nov 2015Tree WorksHeritageIn report
Crown thinning and crown reduction to 1 Goat Willow tree, 2 Common Ash trees and 1 Hazel tree
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/04366/CAT
What's in 4 Canal Side, Barnton, Northwich, CW8 4EN's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
4 Canal Side has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£342,000
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 5 sales in CW8 4EN: £136,250 (2021–2000).
Everything we know about 4 Canal Side, 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 Canal Side homes
4 Canal Side is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
50 (E)
Street avg 65 (D)
Floor Area
141 m²
Street avg 84 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.6 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Manor Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School. 15 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
47.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB