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2 Century Drive, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1BG

2 planning records
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
3
Floor area
105 m²
1130 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 48
Council tax
Band D
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 2 Century Drive

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

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.

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

Outside

  • Private gardenYes
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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.

2 Century Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E48
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
6.5 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 2 Century Drive, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1BG, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

2 Century Drive has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.

  1. Mar 2020
    Application
    In report

    Non-Material Amendment - 1/0512/2019/FUH - Creation of decking area

    Documents
    3 docs on file
    Reference
    1/0002/2020/NMAT
    View planning record
  2. Aug 2019
    ExtensionFull
    In report

    Extension: Single storey

    Single storey extension

    Documents
    9 docs on file
    Reference
    1/0512/2019/FUH
    View planning record
Before you offer

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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.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£509,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 18.3% per year over 3 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2022)

£560,000

Growth on file: 18.3% per year over 3 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 31 May 2022Most recent

    £560,000

    +76.7%over 3 years
  2. 9 January 2019

    £317,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in EX39 1BG: £480,000 (2024–2020).

On the street

Versus other Century Drive homes

Four headline reads against 20 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Price per m² for 2 Century Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

Price per m²

£5,333

Street avg £3,028

Strongly above

Floor Area

105 m²

Street avg 143 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

6.5 t/year

Street avg 4.5 t/year

Strongly below
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about 2 Century Drive

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

Larger development activity nearby
£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

0.5 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

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 1BG from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for EX39 1BG

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

48.1dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for EX39 1BG

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.6dB

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 2 Century Drive, Northam, Bideford, EX39 1BG. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.