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Courtyard Cottage, Main Road, Pillowell, Lydney, GL15 4QX

6 planning records
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
4
Floor area
157 m²
1690 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 40
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Courtyard Cottage

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

Courtyard Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Pillowell, Lydney, Lydney (GL15 4QX). It has a recorded floor area of 157 m² (around 1690 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 157 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2000–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £520,000 sits 52.9% above the 2016 sale of £340,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£201/sq ft) was about 49.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 6 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. 10 years since the last transfer (May 2016).

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

  • Bedrooms4

Outside

  • Private gardenYes
  • GarageYes
Before you decide

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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
Energy

Energy performance

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

Courtyard Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Oct 2025

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E40
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
10.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Courtyard Cottage, Main Road, Pillowell, Lydney, GL15 4QX, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Planning history at Courtyard Cottage is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.

  1. Mar 2024
    Tree WorksTrees
    In report

    T1 Silver Birch next to house, reduce to previous height and reduce width accordingly to give clearance from house and chimney in particular. T2 Beech, reduce to previous points. T3 Acer, reduce to previous points. T4 Hazel, reduce to previous points. T5 Cherry, reduce to previous points. T6 Goat Willow, reduce to just below previous points, in order to create a 5m pollard. The work is proposed in order to maintain trees to a suitable size for the garden.

    Documents
    4 docs on file
    Reference
    P0241/24/TCA
    View planning record
  2. Aug 2020
    Tree WorksTrees
    In report

    25 % height and 58% crown reduction of x 1 Silver Birch tree; 40% reduction of x 1 willow tree; 20% reduction of rear hedge line at courtyard cottage.

    Documents
    4 docs on file
    Reference
    P1060/20/TCA
    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.

Sale price has at least doubled since 2000.

Current estimate

£520,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.7% per year over 16 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2016)

£340,000

Growth on file: 4.7% per year over 16 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 24 May 2016Most recent

    £340,000

    +106.1%over 15 years
  2. 24 August 2000

    £165,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in GL15 4QX: £95,000 (2025–2018).

On the street

Versus other Main Road homes

Four headline reads against 4 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Courtyard Cottage outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£2,166

Street avg £2,269

Below

Floor Area

157 m²

Street avg 96 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

7 rooms

Street avg 4 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

10.0 t/year

Street avg 5.8 t/year

Strongly below
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about Courtyard Cottage

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

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£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
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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

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

Crime

2/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.0 km

School — bus stop.

Closest school

0.1 km

Pillowell Community Primary 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 GL15 4QX from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for GL15 4QX

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

43.7dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for GL15 4QX

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

36.6dB

Low
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Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Courtyard Cottage, Main Road, Pillowell, Lydney, GL15 4QX. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.