5 Bovinger Road, Leicester, LE5 0TX
About 5 Bovinger Road
5 Bovinger Road is a detached house in Leicester (LE5 0TX). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2025) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (December 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87).
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£307/sq ft) was about 37.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £400,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Planning history
5 Bovinger Road has an approved single-storey front extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 5 Bovinger Road, Leicester, LE5 0TX
- Jul 2021ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
Construction of single storey extension at front of house (Class C3); Alterations.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 20211023
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Sales history & valuation
5 Bovinger Road saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£417,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.5% per year over 7 years.
£400,000
Growth on file: 8.5% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
29 September 2021Most recent
£400,000
+29.0%over 3 years30 August 2018
£310,000
+34.8%over 3 years18 December 2014
£229,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE5 0TX: £380,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in LE5 0TX
Versus other Bovinger Road homes
On epc rating, 5 Bovinger Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,306
Street avg £2,380
Floor Area
121 m²
Street avg 123 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.9 t/year
Street avg 1.8 t/year
Years Held
5 years
Street avg 9 years
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Herongate Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Falcons Primary School. 51 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.9dB







