26 Hayes Drive, Barnton, Northwich, CW8 4JX
About 26 Hayes Drive
26 Hayes Drive is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Barnton, Northwich, Northwich (CW8 4JX). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 630 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2009) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). The latest certificate is from January 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 58 m² it's 24.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (78 m² median across 32 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2011–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £242,000 is 40.3% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£274/sq ft) was about 49.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2018 at £172,500.
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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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
- GarageDetached
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
26 Hayes Drive's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 Jan 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
26 Hayes Drive has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
- Jun 2013ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Proposed single storey conservatory
- Agent
- Portman Surveyors Ltd
Extension- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 13/01098/FUL
What's in 26 Hayes Drive, Barnton, Northwich, CW8 4JX's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
26 Hayes Drive valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£242,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.8% per year over 7 years.
£172,500
Growth on file: 0.8% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
8 October 2018Most recent
£172,500
+5.8%over 7 years26 June 2011
£163,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CW8 4JX: £190,000 (2023–2021).
Nearby sales in CW8 4JX
34 Hayes Drive, Barnton, Northwich, CW8 4JX
Sold Sept 2023
£190,00032 Hayes Drive, Barnton, Northwich, CW8 4JX
Sold Dec 2021
£188,00029 Hayes Drive, Barnton, Northwich, CW8 4JX
Sold Aug 2021
£185,00021 Hayes Drive, Barnton, Northwich, CW8 4JX
Sold Jun 2021
£200,00059 Hayes Drive, Barnton, Northwich, CW8 4JX
Sold Apr 2021
£200,000
Everything we know about 26 Hayes Drive, 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 Hayes Drive homes
26 Hayes Drive outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,949
Street avg £2,003
Floor Area
58 m²
Street avg 90 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
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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
Hayes Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School. 14 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
49.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.6dB