2 Home Farm Cottage, Rudding Lane, Follifoot, Harrogate, HG3 1DQ
About 2 Home Farm Cottage
2 Home Farm Cottage is a semi-detached house in Follifoot, Harrogate, Harrogate (HG3 1DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 105), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 88 m² it sits well below the postcode median (216 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
2 Home Farm Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency improved
Wall insulation improved
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
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Level 3 Building Survey
Because the property has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
A recent planning application at 2 Home Farm Cottage was refused — worth checking the council file.
4 applications on record at 2 Home Farm Cottage, Rudding Lane, Follifoot, Harrogate, HG3 1DQ
- Oct 2024ExtensionOutlineOutcome in report
Erection of a detached outbuilding, two storey extension to the rear and single storey extension to the side
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- HGTZC24/03421/CLOPUD
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionDec 2024Decision
- ExtensionDec 2024Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
Unlock 2 Home Farm Cottage, Rudding Lane, Follifoot, Harrogate, HG3 1DQ's full planning history
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- Every decision — granted, refused or withdrawn (4 on record)
- All 4 applications on this property in full, plus 2 notable nearby
- The 24 documents, officer reports & conditions
- What the pattern means for extending or converting here
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Sales history & valuation
2 Home Farm Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£364,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in HG3 1DQ: £1,111,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in HG3 1DQ
1 Home Farm Cottage, Rudding Lane, Follifoot, Harrogate, HG3 1DQ
Sold Aug 2024
£904,000Home Farm, The Bothy, Rudding Lane, Follifoot, Harrogate, HG3 1DQ
Sold Jul 2024
£500,000Home Farm, The Tithe Barn, Rudding Lane, Follifoot, Harrogate, HG3 1DQ
Sold Feb 2023
£2,200,000Crimple Beck, Rudding Lane, Follifoot, Harrogate, HG3 1DQ
Sold Oct 2022
£1,495,000School Cottage, Rudding Lane, Follifoot, Harrogate, HG3 1DQ
Sold Nov 2017
£390,000
Versus other Rudding Lane homes
2 Home Farm Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
39 (E)
Street avg 64 (D)
Floor Area
88 m²
Street avg 205 m²
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 5.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Rudding Holiday Park — bus stop.
Closest school
1.5 km
Follifoot Church of England Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB







