1 Knotty Lane, Lepton, Huddersfield, HD8 0ND
About 1 Knotty Lane
1 Knotty Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in Lepton, Huddersfield, Huddersfield (HD8 0ND). It has a recorded floor area of 152 m² (around 1636 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2025) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
It hasn't traded since June 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. 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 £604,000 sits 205.1% above the 1998 sale of £198,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£121/sq ft) was about 28% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 152 m² it's 26.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (120 m² median across 11 EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
Outside
- DrivewayYes
- LandYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
1 Knotty Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Council records include a two-storey extension at 1 Knotty Lane.
3 applications on record at 1 Knotty Lane, Lepton, Huddersfield, HD8 0ND
- Jan 2002ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey
ERECTION OF 2-STOREY EXTENSION AND PITCHED ROOF TO KITCHEN EXTENSION
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 2001/92518
- More recent applications — locked
- ConservatoryAug 2013Decision
- ExtensionApr 2008Decision
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Sales history & valuation
1 Knotty Lane's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£604,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£198,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
24 June 1998Most recent
£198,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HD8 0ND: £353,000 (2024–2014).
Nearby sales in HD8 0ND
The Coach House, Thornes Fold, Lepton, Huddersfield, HD8 0ND
Sold Aug 2024
£353,0007 Knotty Lane, Lepton, Huddersfield, HD8 0ND
Sold Oct 2020
£320,0003 Knotty Lane, Lepton, Huddersfield, HD8 0ND
Sold Nov 2018
£593,5009 Knotty Lane, Lepton, Huddersfield, HD8 0ND
Sold Jun 2017
£420,0004 Thornes Fold, Lepton, Huddersfield, HD8 0ND
Sold Aug 2014
£150,000
Versus other Knotty Lane homes
On co₂ emissions, 1 Knotty Lane runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,303
Street avg £1,597
Floor Area
152 m²
Street avg 145 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.1 t/year
Street avg 6.2 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Botany Lane Knotty Ln — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Rowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School. 8 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.3dB







