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Ford Bank Cottage, Victoria Avenue, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2RA

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Overview

About Ford Bank Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Ford Bank Cottage is a property in Didsbury, Manchester, Manchester (M20 2RA).

Held since February 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.4% per year.

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  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
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  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Ford Bank Cottage, Victoria Avenue, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2RA, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Planning history at Ford Bank Cottage is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.

2 applications on record at Ford Bank Cottage, Victoria Avenue, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2RA

2decisions7documents1nearby
  1. Aug 2005
    Tree WorksTrees
    Outcome in report

    NOTICE OF INTENT TO CARRY OUT WORKS TO TREES WITHIN LAND AT SPATH ROAD/VICTORIA AVENUE, DIDSBURY TREE PRESERVATION ORDER Raising of crown of lime tree

    Documents
    1 doc on file
    Reference
    076388/TPO/2005/S2
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  3. Tree WorksDecision

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Price

Sales history & valuation

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Sale price has at least doubled since 1996.

Last sold (2003)

£409,950

Growth on file: 16.4% per year over 7 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 21 February 2003Most recent

    £409,950

    +177.9%over 6 years

  2. 30 May 1996

    £147,500

Median price across the last 5 sales in M20 2RA: £690,000 (2024–2016).

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Comparables

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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Full Manchester report

Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.

Crime

2/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.2 km

Hesketh Avenue — bus stop.

Closest school

0.4 km

Didsbury CofE Primary School. 35 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around M20 2RA from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for M20 2RA

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

53.5dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for M20 2RA

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

43.7dB

Low
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Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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