2 Chestnut Avenue, Harrogate, HG1 4BQ
About 2 Chestnut Avenue
2 Chestnut Avenue is an end-of-terrace house in Harrogate (HG1 4BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2017) shows an E (score 54), 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. Most recent transfer: February 2024 at £230,000. Across the public record there are 7 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£305/sq ft) was about 63.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Energy performance
2 Chestnut Avenue sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at 2 Chestnut Avenue, Harrogate, HG1 4BQ
- Nov 2003PorchFullOutcome in report
Extension: Rear of property
Retention of 1 no. rear porch.
RetrospectiveExtension- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 03/05019/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 2 Chestnut Avenue was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£245,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.1% per year over 24 years.
£230,000
Growth on file: 6.1% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
12 February 2024Most recent
£230,000
-6.1%8 December 2023
£245,000
+8.4%over 1 year12 April 2022
£226,000
+17.7%over 4 years14 September 2017
£192,000
+23.9%over 10 years16 March 2007
£155,000
+38.4%over 3 years19 December 2003
£112,000
+96.5%over 3 years29 June 2000
£57,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HG1 4BQ: £170,000 (2022–2015).
Nearby sales in HG1 4BQ
Versus other Chestnut Avenue homes
Price per m² for 2 Chestnut Avenue runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,286
Street avg £2,144
Floor Area
70 m²
Street avg 73 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 4.0 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
Devonshire Place — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy. 22 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.9dB







