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79 Bittern Avenue, Abbeydale, Gloucester, GL4 4WG

1 planning record
Property type
Mid terrace
Habitable rooms
2
From EPC
Floor area
42 m²
452 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 45
Council tax
Band A
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 79 Bittern Avenue

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

79 Bittern Avenue is a mid-terrace house in Abbeydale, Gloucester, Gloucester (GL4 4WG). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since October 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £178,000 sits 377.9% above the 1998 sale of £37,250. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£82/sq ft) was about 59.4% below the postcode norm. At 42 m² it's 17.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (51 m² median across 30 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2002.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Energy

Energy performance

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

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E45
F
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Very Poor
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
4.8 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 79 Bittern Avenue, Abbeydale, Gloucester, GL4 4WG, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
  1. Nov 2002
    New BuildFull
    In report

    Erection of an attached one bedroom house

    Documents
    3 docs on file
    Reference
    02/00724/FUL
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What's in 79 Bittern Avenue, Abbeydale, Gloucester, GL4 4WG's planning history?

Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.

Price

Sales history & valuation

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

79 Bittern Avenue's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1998).

Current estimate

£178,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

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Last sold (1998)

£37,250

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

  1. 11 October 1998Most recent

    £37,250

Median price across the last 5 sales in GL4 4WG: £210,000 (2024–2022).

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On the street

Versus other Bittern Avenue homes

Four headline reads against 30 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

79 Bittern Avenue outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£887

Street avg £2,825

Strongly below

Floor Area

42 m²

Street avg 60 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

2 rooms

Street avg 3 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

4.8 t/year

Street avg 2.8 t/year

Strongly below
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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

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

Crime

6/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.2 km

Woodcock Close — bus stop.

Closest school

0.4 km

Heron Primary School. 23 schools nearby.

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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 GL4 4WG from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for GL4 4WG

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

48.7dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for GL4 4WG

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

37.7dB

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 79 Bittern Avenue, Abbeydale, Gloucester, GL4 4WG. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.