3 Top Road, Lower Cumberworth, Huddersfield, HD8 8PE
About 3 Top Road
3 Top Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Lower Cumberworth, Huddersfield, Huddersfield (HD8 8PE). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows a G (score 14), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include notable views. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 82 m² it's 18% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (100 m² median across 17 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £354,000 sits 53.9% above the 2019 sale of £230,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£261/sq ft) was about 65.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused. Sold April 2019 for £230,000.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- GarageYes
- Notable viewsYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
3 Top Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
3 Top Road has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
2 applications on record at 3 Top Road, Lower Cumberworth, Huddersfield, HD8 8PE
- Jul 2019ExtensionAmendmentOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed single storey side extension
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 2019/91553
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionSept 2019Decision
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Sales history & valuation
3 Top Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£354,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£230,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
16 April 2019Most recent
£230,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HD8 8PE: £327,500 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in HD8 8PE
1 Top Road, Lower Cumberworth, Huddersfield, HD8 8PE
Sold Aug 2025
£327,50039 Top Road, Lower Cumberworth, Huddersfield, HD8 8PE
Sold Dec 2022
£345,00020 Top Road, Lower Cumberworth, Huddersfield, HD8 8PE
Sold Oct 2022
£165,00041 Top Road, Lower Cumberworth, Huddersfield, HD8 8PE
Sold Oct 2022
£335,0007 Top Road, Lower Cumberworth, Huddersfield, HD8 8PE
Sold Jun 2021
£250,000
Versus other Top Road homes
On epc rating, 3 Top Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,805
Street avg £2,273
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 96 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.1 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Cumberworth Lane Foresters — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Denby Dale First and Nursery School. 10 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB







