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Wren Cottage, Stringer House Lane, Emley, Huddersfield, HD8 9SU

1 planning record

Estimated value

£570,000

  • Since the 2021 sale (£550,000)+4%
  • Against HD8 9SU's recent median (£770,000)-26%

Newest record on this page: November 2025. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.

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Property type
Semi-detached
Habitable rooms
6
From EPC
Floor area
105 m²
1130 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 61
Tenure
Owner Occupied
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Valuation

About this valuation

How the figure is worked out and what it's based on. If you know this home, you can tell other visitors what you think it's worth.

Our estimate

£570,000

  • Against its 2021 sale (£550,000)+4%
  • Against HD8 9SU's recent median (£770,000)-26%

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How the estimate is made

The estimate for Wren Cottage is modelled from its 105 m² EPC floor area, its 1 recorded sale and recent sales of comparable homes in HD8 9SU. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.

What it's based on

  • Floor area

    105 m² from the EPC lodged in February 2020

  • Sales of this home

    1 sale recorded, the latest in 2021

  • Recent sales in HD8 9SU

    5 sales, median £770,000 (2025–2020)

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SalesLatest sale shown: November 2025Latest available records, read when you order
ValuationEstimate from the last refreshAnalysed against comparable sales
Planning1 applicationFull history, plus nearby schemes
Flood riskNot shownIncluded
Price

Sales history & valuation

Every recorded sale of this home, how its price has moved, and what neighbouring properties have sold for.

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

Sales timeline

  1. 17 December 2021Most recent

    £550,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in HD8 9SU: £770,000 (2025–2020).

Risks

What this page doesn't show

1 potential issue has already been flagged for Wren Cottage, Stringer House Lane, Emley, Huddersfield, HD8 9SU. The detail, evidence and what to ask about it are in the Risks Report.
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  • Flood risk from rivers, sea and surface waterIn report
  • Subsidence and ground-stability signalsIn report
  • Refusals, enforcement and big schemes nearbyIn report

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Overview

About Wren Cottage

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

Wren Cottage is a semi-detached house in Emley, Huddersfield, Huddersfield (HD8 9SU). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 101), a 3-band jump.

At 105 m² it sits well below the postcode median (189 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£487/sq ft) was about 130.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: change of use to residential refused in 2016. Last sale on file: £550,000 in December 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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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.

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

Current Certificate
Feb 2020

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D61
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
5.6 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied

Certificate validity

Valid until 25 February 2030

3 years remaining
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Wren Cottage, Stringer House Lane, Emley, Huddersfield, HD8 9SU, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

1 application on record at Wren Cottage, Stringer House Lane, Emley, Huddersfield, HD8 9SU

1decisions12documents2nearby
Flagged:Change of use
  1. Jun 2016
    Change of UseOutline
    Outcome in report

    Prior notification for proposed change of use of agricultural building to one dwelling and associated operational development

    Documents
    12 docs on file
    Reference
    2016/91079
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On the street

Versus other Stringer House Lane homes

Four headline reads against 10 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Wren Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£5,238

Street avg £2,713

Strongly above

Floor Area

105 m²

Street avg 196 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

6 rooms

Street avg 7 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

5.6 t/year

Street avg 9.1 t/year

Above
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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

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

Crime

124/mo

Falling year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.4 km

Springfield Terrace — bus stop.

Closest school

1.1 km

Emley First School. 4 schools nearby.

Nearest schools

  • Emley First SchoolPrimary1.1km
  • Flockton CofE (C) First SchoolPrimary1.6km
  • Skelmanthorpe AcademyPrimary2.8km
  • Grange Moor Primary SchoolPrimary2.9km

Nearest stops

  • Springfield TerraceBus stop352m
  • Phillips HouseBus stop452m
  • Thorncliffe FarmBus stop586m
  • Emley CrossBus stop905m

Most reported crime locally

  • Violence & Sexual Offences717 reports45%
  • Anti-social Behaviour192 reports12%
  • Burglary139 reports9%
  • Public Order131 reports8%

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A Local Area 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 HD8 9SU from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for HD8 9SU

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

43.3dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for HD8 9SU

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

35.8dB

Low
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60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
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Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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Comparables

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Method

How to read this page

Where every figure above comes from, how current it is and what it can't tell you.
Valuation method in detail
How the estimate is made
The estimate for Wren Cottage is modelled from its 105 m² EPC floor area, its 1 recorded sale and recent sales of comparable homes in HD8 9SU. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
Where sold prices come from
Sold prices are HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, which covers residential sales in England and Wales since 1995. 1 sale is recorded for Wren Cottage. Sales normally appear two to three months after completion, so the most recent ones take time to show up anywhere.
Reading the EPC
Energy Performance Certificates rate homes from A (most efficient) to G and last 10 years. The latest one for Wren Cottage was lodged in February 2020 at band D and is valid until February 2030. Floor area, heating and insulation details on this page come from it.
Planning records
Planning applications are collected from local authority registers through PlanIt. 1 application is matched to Wren Cottage. Councils sometimes file applications under a different address format, and applications on neighbouring land aren't listed here; the report covers both.
Area figures
Crime is police-recorded street-level data over the last 13 months, which places each incident at an approximate point. The 4 schools and 30 stops listed are measured in a straight line from HD8 9SU, not by walking route. Road noise is Defra's strategic noise modelling, averaged across the postcode.
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