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Get started4 Desford Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in Kirkby Mallory, Leicester, Leicester (LE9 7QF). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced Leicester HPI: 8.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£583/sq ft) was about 117.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It changed hands recently, sold March 2025 for £515,000. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused. At 82 m² it's 26.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (111 m² median across 5 EPCs).
4 Desford Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
A recent planning application at 4 Desford Lane was refused — worth checking the council file.
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 21/00561/HOU. Amendments include rebuilding of garage with increase in height and additional external flat roof part enclosed canopy to the side and rear elevations
4 Desford Lane valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£523,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.6% per year over 8 years.
£515,000
Growth on file: 8.6% per year over 8 years.
On price per m², 4 Desford Lane stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£6,280
Street avg £3,336
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 145 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
2.7 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.0dB

Non Material Amendment to 21/00561/HOU. Addition of canopy to the rear of property
1 more application for this property
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25 March 2025Most recent
£515,000
+87.3%over 7 years31 August 2017
£275,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE9 7QF: £297,500 (2024–2014).
5 Desford Lane Kirkby Mallory Leicester
Sold Jun 2024
6 Desford Lane Kirkby Mallory Leicester
Sold Dec 2022
2 Desford Lane Kirkby Mallory Leicester
Sold Dec 2019
7 Desford Lane Kirkby Mallory Leicester
Sold Aug 2014
12 Desford Lane Kirkby Mallory Leicester
Sold May 1999
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.9 t/year
Street avg 8.1 t/year
LE9 7AE
Clickers Way — bus stop.
Closest school
2.8 km
Desford Community Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.7dB
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