3 Durbar Road, Luton, LU4 8BA
About 3 Durbar Road
3 Durbar Road is an end-of-terrace house in Luton (LU4 8BA). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2013. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs).
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 17 Feb 2024
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Planning history
3 Durbar Road has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
2 applications on record at 3 Durbar Road, Luton, LU4 8BA
- Jun 2016ExtensionOutlineOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Notification of building works - single storey rear extension Depth - 6mMaximum height of extension - 4mHeight to eaves - 2.5m
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 16/00877/RES
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionNov 2016Decision
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Sales history & valuation
3 Durbar Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£261,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in LU4 8BA: £265,000 (2023–2014).
Versus other Durbar Road homes
EPC Rating for 3 Durbar Road lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
51 (E)
Street avg 61 (D)
Floor Area
89 m²
Street avg 114 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Durbar Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Maidenhall Primary School. 34 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.3dB