26 Douglas Road, Luton, LU4 8EB
About 26 Douglas Road
26 Douglas Road is a semi-detached house in Luton (LU4 8EB). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2016) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 83 m² it's 19.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (103 m² median across 23 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs).
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Energy performance
26 Douglas Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
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Planning history
26 Douglas Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 26 Douglas Road, Luton, LU4 8EB
- May 2015ExtensionOutlineOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Notification of building works - single storey rear extensionDepth - 4.6mMaximum height of extension - 4mHeight to eaves - 3m
- Reference
- 15/00492/RES
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Sales history & valuation
26 Douglas Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£298,000
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 8EB: £210,000 (2024–2008).
Versus other Douglas Road homes
EPC Rating for 26 Douglas Road lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
44 (E)
Street avg 58 (D)
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 113 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 5.6 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
0.2 km
Arundel Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Maidenhall Primary School. 36 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.5dB