17 Earlswood Road, Leicester, LE5 6JB
About 17 Earlswood Road
17 Earlswood Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Leicester (LE5 6JB). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2014) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 78 m² it's 16.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (94 m² median across 11 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £260,000 is 48.6% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£208/sq ft) was about 19.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 12 years since the last transfer (January 2015).
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- GarageYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
17 Earlswood Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 Jun 2024
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 23 June 2024
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Planning history
17 Earlswood Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
3 applications on record at 17 Earlswood Road, Leicester, LE5 6JB
- Aug 2015ExtensionOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR OF DWELLINGHOUSE OF DIMENSIONS: 4.00 METRES BEYOND THE REAR WALL OF THE ORIGINAL DWELLINGHOUSE; MAXIMUM HEIGHT 3.7 METRES; HEIGHT OF THE EAVES 2.7 METRES
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 20151251
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionJun 2018Decision
- ExtensionJan 2016Decision
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Sales history & valuation
17 Earlswood Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£260,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£175,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
16 January 2015Most recent
£175,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE5 6JB: £210,000 (2026–2016).
Nearby sales in LE5 6JB
Versus other Earlswood Road homes
On epc rating, 17 Earlswood Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,244
Street avg £1,836
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 101 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 4.2 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
412/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Woodnewton Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
The City of Leicester College. 27 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB







