18 Gale Park, Ambleside, LA22 0BN
About 18 Gale Park
18 Gale Park is a detached house in Ambleside (LA22 0BN). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £791,000 is 11.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£536/sq ft) was about 61.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £710,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
18 Gale Park has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Jan 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
First floor extension over existing garage and bedrooms to create additional bedrooms
- Council
- South Lakeland
- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 7/2020/5838
- Sept 2017ExtensionConditionsIn report
Variation of condition 2 (plans) on planning application 7/2016/5232- rear extension to house
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 7/2017/5509
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
18 Gale Park has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2004.
£791,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.6% per year over 18 years.
£710,000
Growth on file: 4.6% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
9 June 2022Most recent
£710,000
+121.9%over 17 years22 July 2004
£320,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LA22 0BN: £575,000 (2024–2019).
Everything we know about 18 Gale Park, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Gale Park homes
Price per m² for 18 Gale Park runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,772
Street avg £4,105
Floor Area
123 m²
Street avg 120 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 5.4 t/year
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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
1.0 km
Ambleside Waterhead Ferry Landing — ferry terminal.
Closest school
0.6 km
Ambleside CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.0dB