272 Castle Street, Dudley, DY1 1LQ
About 272 Castle Street
272 Castle Street is an end-of-terrace house in Dudley (DY1 1LQ). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft). The latest certificate (January 2021) shows a G (score 8), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at G across 3 certificates since January 2021. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff. At 54 m² this is the 6th smallest of 7 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 21–142 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (8 versus a best of 79).
At 54 m² the property is well over the postcode median (24 m² across 6 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. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
272 Castle Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
272 Castle Street has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Apr 2020RenovationHeritageIn report
Removal of existing windows and door on front elevation and installation of like
- Council
- Development Control - North
New Windows- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- P11/1193
- Sept 2019Change of UseFullIn report
Change of use from B1 (office) to C3 flats (residential). Installation of velux
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- P19/0986
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
272 Castle Street has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£141,000
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 2 sales in DY1 1LQ: £169,895 (2025–2015).
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Castle Street homes
EPC Rating for 272 Castle Street lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
8 (G)
Street avg 77 (C)
Floor Area
54 m²
Street avg 44 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 1.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Dudley Interchange (West Midlands Metro) — subway entrance.
Closest school
0.3 km
Dudley College of Technology. 33 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
58.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
50.0dB