42 Avenue Road, Leicester, LE2 3EA
About 42 Avenue Road
42 Avenue Road is a detached house in Leicester (LE2 3EA). It has a recorded floor area of 261 m² (around 2809 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since September 2015. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
At 261 m² the property is well over the postcode median (56 m² across 52 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 11 planning records sit against the property, 11 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1995–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £611,000 is 43.8% above the 2023 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£151/sq ft) was about 26.2% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: October 2023 at £425,000.
Energy performance
42 Avenue Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
42 Avenue Road has been through 11 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
11 applications on record at 42 Avenue Road, Leicester, LE2 3EA
- Nov 2003TreesOutcome in report
WORKS TO THREE TREES IN STONEYGATE CONSERVATION AREA.
Conservation Area- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 20032208
- More recent applications — locked
- RenovationOct 2025Decision
- Tree WorksFeb 2024Decision
+ 8 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 1995.
£611,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.6% per year over 28 years.
£425,000
Growth on file: 3.6% per year over 28 years.
Sales timeline
24 October 2023Most recent
£425,000
+168.1%over 27 years7 November 1995
£158,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE2 3EA: £344,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in LE2 3EA
Versus other Avenue Road homes
42 Avenue Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,628
Street avg £2,764
Floor Area
261 m²
Street avg 127 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
9/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
East Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
St John the Baptist CofE Primary School. 45 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB







