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 (110 m² across 49 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
Certificate validity
Valid until 3 July 2029
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.
£1,199,000
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: £520,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in HG2 0DJ
Hillside House, Flat 1, 13 Otley Road, Harrogate, HG2 0DJ
Sold Jun 2025
£570,000Charwall Tower, Flat 1, 3 Otley Road, Harrogate, HG2 0DJ
Sold Oct 2024
£700,0001c, 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
£520,000
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
141/mo
Falling 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







