8 Poplar Drive, Durham, DH1 1DR
About 8 Poplar Drive
8 Poplar Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Durham (DH1 1DR). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 103 m² it's 17% larger than the typical home in the postcode (88 m² median across 8 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £306,000 is 13.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£244/sq ft) was about 56.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £270,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
- Heating systemGas
- Previously extendedYes
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Planning history
8 Poplar Drive has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 8 Poplar Drive, Durham, DH1 1DR
- Dec 2014ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
First floor side extension over existing garage and pitched roof over existing flat roof to front elevation
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- DM/14/03420/FPA
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 8 Poplar Drive was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£306,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£270,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
12 October 2022Most recent
£270,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DH1 1DR: £152,000 (2023–2019).
Versus other Poplar Drive homes
Price per m² for 8 Poplar Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,621
Street avg £1,756
Floor Area
103 m²
Street avg 90 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
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Nearest stop
0.1 km
Willowtree Avenue - south — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Durham Gilesgate Primary School. 17 schools nearby.
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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.1dB