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1 Highway Road, Leicester, LE5 5RD

3 sales on record6 planning records
Property type
Detached
Habitable rooms
5
From EPC
Floor area
105 m²
1130 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 66
Council tax
Band D
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 1 Highway Road

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

1 Highway Road is a detached house in Leicester (LE5 5RD). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £363,000 is 17.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£274/sq ft) was about 37.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £310,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Nov 2025

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D66
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
4.4 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 1 Highway Road, Leicester, LE5 5RD, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

A partial demolition application was refused at 1 Highway Road in 2023.

6 applications on record at 1 Highway Road, Leicester, LE5 5RD

6decisions3extensions45documents
Flagged:RetrospectiveDemolition
  1. Jan 2017
    ExtensionFull
    Outcome in report

    Extension: Two storey · Side of property

    CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE STOREY CANOPY AT FRONT; TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT SIDE OF HOUSE (CLASS C3) (AMENDED PLANS RECEIVED 12/01/2017)

    Documents
    3 docs on file
    Reference
    20162330
    Full record in report
  2. More recent applications — locked
  3. ConditionsDecision
  4. DemolitionDecision

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

1 Highway Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.

Current estimate

£363,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.4% per year over 23 years.

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Last sold (2021)

£310,000

Growth on file: 6.4% per year over 23 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 26 August 2021Most recent

    £310,000

    +44.2%over 5 years

  2. 13 July 2016

    £215,000

    +194.5%over 18 years

  3. 26 April 1998

    £73,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in LE5 5RD: £400,000 (2025–2021).

On the street

Versus other Highway Road homes

Four headline reads against 15 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

1 Highway Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£2,952

Street avg £2,113

Strongly above

Floor Area

105 m²

Street avg 123 m²

On par

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

4.4 t/year

Street avg 6.0 t/year

Strongly above
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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Leicester district page.
Full Leicester report

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

0.1 km

Highway Road — bus stop.

Closest school

0.6 km

Evington Valley Primary School. 45 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around LE5 5RD from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for LE5 5RD

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

50.8dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for LE5 5RD

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

40.5dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 1 Highway Road, Leicester, LE5 5RD. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.