1 Benscliffe Drive, Loughborough, LE11 3JP
About 1 Benscliffe Drive
1 Benscliffe Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in Loughborough (LE11 3JP). It has a recorded floor area of 176 m² (around 1894 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2017) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2015. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.
At 176 m² the property is well over the postcode median (120 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £528,000 is 19.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£233/sq ft) was about 15.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £442,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
Energy performance
1 Benscliffe Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Planning history
1 Benscliffe Drive has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Sept 2015AmendmentIn report
Amendment to planning application P/12/1172/2 to add fencing overall height of 2 metres.
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- P/15/1657/2
- Aug 2012AnnexFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Erection of two-storey extension to side of dwelling to provide self contained annex.
Extension- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- P/12/1172/2
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£528,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£442,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 June 2021Most recent
£442,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE11 3JP: £407,500 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in LE11 3JP
43 Benscliffe Drive, Loughborough, LE11 3JP
Sold Oct 2025
£667,50015 Benscliffe Drive, Loughborough, LE11 3JP
Sold Oct 2025
£350,00032 Benscliffe Drive, Loughborough, LE11 3JP
Sold Sept 2023
£475,00011 Benscliffe Drive, Loughborough, LE11 3JP
Sold Apr 2021
£312,00017 Benscliffe Drive, Loughborough, LE11 3JP
Sold Dec 2019
£407,500
Versus other Benscliffe Drive homes
Habitable Rooms for 1 Benscliffe Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,511
Street avg £2,596
Floor Area
176 m²
Street avg 121 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.3 t/year
Street avg 5.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
5/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Holywell Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Mountfields Lodge School. 19 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.0dB







