2 Century Drive, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1BG
About 2 Century Drive
2 Century Drive is a three-bedroom detached house in Northam, Bideford, Bideford (EX39 1BG). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 105 m² it's 18.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (129 m² median across 20 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). Across 2019–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 18.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£495/sq ft) was about 119% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £560,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Energy performance
2 Century Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
2 Century Drive has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
- Mar 2020ApplicationIn report
Non-Material Amendment - 1/0512/2019/FUH - Creation of decking area
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 1/0002/2020/NMAT
- Aug 2019ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Single storey extension
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 1/0512/2019/FUH
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£509,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 18.3% per year over 3 years.
£560,000
Growth on file: 18.3% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
31 May 2022Most recent
£560,000
+76.7%over 3 years9 January 2019
£317,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX39 1BG: £480,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in EX39 1BG
5 Century Drive, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1BG
Sold Nov 2024
£385,00022 Century Drive, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1BG
Sold Nov 2024
£500,00012 Century Drive, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1BG
Sold Jun 2023
£745,0009 Century Drive, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1BG
Sold Jun 2021
£480,00013 Century Drive, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1BG
Sold Dec 2020
£330,000
Versus other Century Drive homes
Price per m² for 2 Century Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,333
Street avg £3,028
Floor Area
105 m²
Street avg 143 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 4.5 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
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Swanswood Gardens — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
St Margaret's Church of England Junior School. 5 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.6dB








