32 Woodbank Road, Groby, Leicester, LE6 0BN
About 32 Woodbank Road
32 Woodbank Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Groby, Leicester, Leicester (LE6 0BN). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since April 2021. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61).
At 84 m² the property is well over the postcode median (64 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £356,000 is 15.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£340/sq ft) was about 41% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 5 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused. Last sale on file: £307,500 in April 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageSingle
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
32 Woodbank Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system upgraded
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
A a single-storey front extension application was refused at 32 Woodbank Road in 2024.
- Oct 2025Loft ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a single storey rear extension, the installation of front and rear dormers along with a loft conversion and an increase in the ridge roof height.
- Agent
- SI Designs
Extension- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/00810/HOU
- Jun 2025Loft ConversionFullIn report
Increase the height of existing roof to accommodate loft conversion with a rear dormer
- Agent
- SI Designs
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/00336/HOU
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 32 Woodbank Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£356,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 24 years.
£307,500
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
13 April 2022Most recent
£307,500
+35.2%over 11 months27 May 2021
£227,500
+203.5%over 23 years16 March 1998
£74,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE6 0BN: £259,000 (2025–2016).
Nearby sales in LE6 0BN
16 Woodbank Road, Groby, Leicester, LE6 0BN
Sold Oct 2025
£275,00038 Woodbank Road, Groby, Leicester, LE6 0BN
Sold Dec 2024
£277,00030 Woodbank Road, Groby, Leicester, LE6 0BN
Sold Jan 2022
£259,00046 Woodbank Road, Groby, Leicester, LE6 0BN
Sold Sept 2021
£232,00028 Woodbank Road, Groby, Leicester, LE6 0BN
Sold Jun 2016
£152,000
Versus other Woodbank Road homes
32 Woodbank Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,661
Street avg £3,251
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 71 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.7 t/year
Street avg 3.2 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Hilary Crescent — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Brookvale Groby Learning Campus. 8 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.5dB








