276 Ashcroft Road, Luton, LU2 9AE
About 276 Ashcroft Road
276 Ashcroft Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Luton (LU2 9AE). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £337,000 is 27.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£342/sq ft) was about 38.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 72 m² it's 19.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (89 m² median across 27 EPCs). Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £265,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- DrivewayYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2023Loft ConversionOutlineIn report
Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development - Alteration of roof from hip to gable and erection of rear dormer window, insertion of obscured side window to facilitate loft conversion.
- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/01026/LAWP
- Jul 2023Loft ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of front dormer and insertion of side rooflight to facilitate loft conversion. Erection of single storey rear extension to replace the existing covered canopy structure with associated internal alteration.
Extension- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/00581/FULHH
What's in 276 Ashcroft Road, Luton, LU2 9AE's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£337,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.8% per year over 14 years.
£265,000
Growth on file: 3.8% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
10 March 2021Most recent
£265,000
+65.6%over 13 years16 August 2007
£159,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in LU2 9AE: £260,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in LU2 9AE
Versus other Ashcroft Road homes
276 Ashcroft Road is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£3,681
Street avg £3,001
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 90 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
Similar properties nearby
The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Marshall Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Queen Elizabeth School. 21 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
50.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB







