5 Hill Top Drive, Harrogate, HG1 3BU
About 5 Hill Top Drive
5 Hill Top Drive is a detached house in Harrogate (HG1 3BU). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2017–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 23.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £449,000 is 24.7% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£499/sq ft) was about 91.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension refused in 2017. Last sale on file: £360,000 in June 2019.
Energy performance
5 Hill Top Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
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Planning history
1 application on record at 5 Hill Top Drive, Harrogate, HG1 3BU
- Aug 2017Loft ConversionFullOutcome in report
Conversion of loft to form additional living accommodation, raising of roof height, erection of gable walls and replacement roof, dormer extension and porch and alterations to fenestration.
ExtensionPorch- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/02256/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 5 Hill Top Drive was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£449,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 23.8% per year over 2 years.
£360,000
Growth on file: 23.8% per year over 2 years.
Sales timeline
24 June 2019Most recent
£360,000
+65.9%over 2 years8 February 2017
£217,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HG1 3BU: £260,000 (2024–2018).
Nearby sales in HG1 3BU
Versus other Hill Top Drive homes
On price per m², 5 Hill Top Drive stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,373
Street avg £3,249
Floor Area
67 m²
Street avg 75 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Hill Top Walk — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School. 16 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.3dB







