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Orchard Lodge, Cornborough Road, Westward Ho, Bideford, EX39 1AA

3 sales on record2 planning records
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
148 m²
1593 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 68
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Orchard Lodge

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Orchard Lodge is a three-bedroom detached house in Westward Ho, Bideford, Bideford (EX39 1AA). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).

2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £519,000 is 36.6% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£239/sq ft) was about 41.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in October 2017.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms3
  • Bathrooms2
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about Orchard Lodge

The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
  • Beautiful Places, source of nearby scenic places
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D68
E
F
G
Main Heating
Electric & Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
4.9 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Orchard Lodge, Cornborough Road, Westward Ho, Bideford, EX39 1AA, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

A tree works application was refused at Orchard Lodge in 2023.

  1. Apr 2023
    Tree WorksTrees
    In report

    Removal of 2 no. Monterey Cypress covered by TPO/0006/1999

    Documents
    7 docs on file
    Reference
    1/1011/2022/TRE
    View planning record
  2. Sept 2018
    Tree WorksTrees
    In report

    Work to trees covered by TPO's Crown clean Pine (T1), removal of deadwood and shortening of limbs of Pine (T2)

    Documents
    5 docs on file
    Reference
    1/0907/2018/TRE
    View planning record
Before you offer

We flagged 2 things worth checking at Orchard Lodge

Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Orchard Lodge's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.

Current estimate

£519,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.1% per year over 12 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2017)

£380,000

Growth on file: 0.1% per year over 12 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 5 October 2017Most recent

    £380,000

    -2.6%over 10 years
  2. 13 February 2007

    £390,000

    +4.0%over 1 year
  3. 28 July 2005

    £375,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in EX39 1AA: £385,000 (2022–2019).

On the street

Versus other Cornborough Road homes

Four headline reads against 18 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Habitable Rooms for Orchard Lodge lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£2,568

Street avg £2,435

Above

Floor Area

148 m²

Street avg 165 m²

On par

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

4.9 t/year

Street avg 5.6 t/year

On par
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about Orchard Lodge

The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

Larger development activity nearbyA planning decision worth checking
£14.99one-off

30-day money-back guarantee

Preview of the full property report

The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
  • Beautiful Places, source of nearby scenic places
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Bideford district page.

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

4/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Francis Drive — bus stop.

Closest school

1.9 km

St Margaret's Church of England Junior School. 5 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around EX39 1AA from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for EX39 1AA

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

45.9dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for EX39 1AA

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.4dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Orchard Lodge, Cornborough Road, Westward Ho, Bideford, EX39 1AA. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.