What type of property is 16 Hawthorn Drive, LE8 4AJ?

16 Hawthorn Drive, LE8 4AJ is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house, which has been extended.

What was the last sold price for 16 Hawthorn Drive, LE8 4AJ?

16 Hawthorn Drive, LE8 4AJ last sold for £255,000 in September 2021, around 5 years ago. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the EPC rating for 16 Hawthorn Drive, LE8 4AJ?

The current EPC rating for 16 Hawthorn Drive, LE8 4AJ is D with a score of 58 out of 100, lodged in January 2021. The assessor estimates the property could reach a C. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of 16 Hawthorn Drive, LE8 4AJ?

16 Hawthorn Drive, LE8 4AJ has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (1,130 sq ft), around 35 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 22% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in LE8 4AJ. Source: EPC Register.

How is 16 Hawthorn Drive, LE8 4AJ heated?

The latest EPC at 16 Hawthorn Drive, LE8 4AJ records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

Are there any planning records for 16 Hawthorn Drive, LE8 4AJ?

16 Hawthorn Drive, LE8 4AJ has council approval for single-storey rear extension granted in December 2006 under ref. 06/1006/1/PY. Source: PlanIt planning register.

What council tax band is 16 Hawthorn Drive, LE8 4AJ?

16 Hawthorn Drive, LE8 4AJ is in council tax band C.

Where is 16 Hawthorn Drive, LE8 4AJ located?

16 Hawthorn Drive, LE8 4AJ sits in Blaby, Leicester, Leicester. It falls within the LE8 postcode district in Leicestershire.

How safe is the area around 16 Hawthorn Drive, LE8 4AJ?

Police records around 16 Hawthorn Drive, LE8 4AJ show an average of 3 reported crimes per month over the last 4 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 50% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve 16 Hawthorn Drive, LE8 4AJ?

The closest primary school to 16 Hawthorn Drive, LE8 4AJ is Blaby Thistly Meadow Primary School (526m), one of 11 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Countesthorpe Academy (1.3km), with 2 secondaries in the surrounding area.

What transport links are near 16 Hawthorn Drive, LE8 4AJ?

The closest bus stop to 16 Hawthorn Drive, LE8 4AJ is Ripon Drive, 72m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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16 Hawthorn Drive, Blaby, Leicester, LE8 4AJ

1 planning record

Property type

Semi-detached

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Floor area

105 m²

1130 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 58

Council tax

Band C

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About 16 Hawthorn Drive

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

16 Hawthorn Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Blaby, Leicester, Leicester (LE8 4AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Other recorded features include a conservatory. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 105 m² it's 25% larger than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 20 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £305,000 is 19.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£226/sq ft) was about 19.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2021 for £255,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

Bedrooms3
Bathrooms2
Open-plan layoutYes
Dining roomYes
EnsuiteYes
ConservatoryYes

Outside

GarageYes

Building

Previously extendedYes

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Energy

Energy performance

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

EPC Rating

D58

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

5.7 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 16 Hawthorn Drive, Blaby, Leicester, LE8 4AJ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

16 Hawthorn Drive has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.

1 application on record at 16 Hawthorn Drive, Blaby, Leicester, LE8 4AJ

1decisions1extensions3nearby

Dec 2006
ConservatoryFull
Outcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension to form conservatory
Extension
Reference
06/1006/1/PY
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Price

Sales history & valuation

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Current estimate

£305,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

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Last sold (2021)

£255,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

12 September 2021Most recent
£255,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in LE8 4AJ: £260,000 (2022–2020).

Nearby sales in LE8 4AJ

On the street

Versus other Hawthorn Drive homes

Four headline reads against 20 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On floor area, 16 Hawthorn Drive stands well clear of the street.

Price per m²

£2,429

Street avg £2,377

On par

Floor Area

105 m²

Street avg 88 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

5.7 t/year

Street avg 4.1 t/year

Strongly below

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Area

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Crime

3/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Ripon Drive — bus stop.

Closest school

0.5 km

Blaby Thistly Meadow Primary School. 13 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around LE8 4AJ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

51.5dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for LE8 4AJ

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

41.0dB

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