21 Otley Road, Harrogate, HG2 0DJ
About 21 Otley Road
21 Otley Road is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Harrogate (HG2 0DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 280 m² (around 3014 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it C (January 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 280 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 48 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£365/sq ft) was about 107.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £1,100,000 in November 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms6
- Bathrooms2
- BasementYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
21 Otley Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
More low energy lighting installed
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Planning history
21 Otley Road has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
2 applications on record at 21 Otley Road, Harrogate, HG2 0DJ
- Jan 2012ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey
Erection of single storey extension.
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 11/04622/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionApr 2012Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 21 Otley Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£1,183,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.7% per year over 26 years.
£1,100,000
Growth on file: 8.7% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
24 November 2021Most recent
£1,100,000
+151.7%over 18 years25 September 2003
£437,000
+32.4%over 2 years30 August 2001
£330,000
+84.9%over 3 years6 March 1998
£178,500
+37.3%over 1 year8 April 1996
£130,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HG2 0DJ: £354,456 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in HG2 0DJ
Hillside House, Flat 1, 13 Otley Road, Harrogate, HG2 0DJ
Sold Jun 2025
£570,0001c, Otley Road, Harrogate, HG2 0DJ
Sold Apr 2023
£305,000Hillside House, Flat 4, 13 Otley Road, Harrogate, HG2 0DJ
Sold Feb 2023
£189,000The Cottage, 3 Otley Road, Harrogate, HG2 0DJ
Sold Dec 2021
£520,000Hillside House, Flat 2, 13 Otley Road, Harrogate, HG2 0DJ
Sold May 2021
£354,456
Versus other Otley Road homes
Price per m² for 21 Otley Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,929
Street avg £2,308
Floor Area
280 m²
Street avg 180 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.7 t/year
Street avg 6.9 t/year
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Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Victoria Rd — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Harrogate Grammar School. 21 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.7dB







