Woodlands Cottage, Briggate, Nesfield, Ilkley, LS29 0BS
About Woodlands Cottage
Woodlands Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Nesfield, Ilkley, Ilkley (LS29 0BS). It has a recorded floor area of 175 m² (around 1884 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2018) shows a G (score 5), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 175 m² it's 28.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (136 m² median across 7 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £545,000 sits 55.3% above the 2021 sale of £351,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£186/sq ft) was about 27.3% below the postcode norm. 6 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £351,000 in January 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Woodlands Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Feb 2025ConditionsIn report
Application for approval of details required under condition 3 (external materials) and condition 4 (type of stone) of Planning Permission 22/00942/FUL - Removal of Front/Side Dormer, Erection of Rear and Side Extensions.
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- ZC25/00196/DISCON
- Feb 2025ConditionsIn report
Application for approval of details required under condition 3 (external materials) and condition 4 (type of stone) of Planning Permission 22/00942/FUL - Removal of Front/Side Dormer, Erection of Rear and Side Extensions.
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- HGTZC25/00196/DISCON
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£545,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£351,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 January 2021Most recent
£351,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LS29 0BS: £625,000 (2024–2012).
Nearby sales in LS29 0BS
Hillcrest, Briggate, Nesfield, Ilkley, LS29 0BS
Sold Jun 2024
£677,500The Fold, Briggate, Nesfield, Ilkley, LS29 0BS
Sold May 2019
£383,500Broadacres, Briggate, Nesfield, Ilkley, LS29 0BS
Sold Sept 2015
£920,000Scarr Cottage, Briggate, Nesfield, Ilkley, LS29 0BS
Sold Sept 2014
£625,000Hawkesworth Cottage, Briggate, Nesfield, Ilkley, LS29 0BS
Sold Aug 2012
£326,000
Everything we know about Woodlands Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Briggate homes
On price per m², Woodlands Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,006
Street avg £3,791
Floor Area
175 m²
Street avg 153 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
25.0 t/year
Street avg 8.0 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.7 km
Wharfedale Rd Lumb Gill Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
Addingham Primary School. 2 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
44.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.3dB