1 Dalston Drive, Manchester, M20 5LL
About 1 Dalston Drive
1 Dalston Drive is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Manchester (M20 5LL). It has a recorded floor area of 153 m² (around 1647 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2019) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a corner plot.
At 153 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It changed hands recently, sold January 2025 for £785,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£477/sq ft) was about 63.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- ParkingOff road
- Corner plotYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
1 Dalston Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
2 applications on record at 1 Dalston Drive, Manchester, M20 5LL
- Dec 2016Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
Works to trees - Magnolia (T1) - crown reduction by up 1m and crown lift to give a 2m clearance, Hawthorn (T2) - thin out the pollarded hawthorn by 30%, crown reduce by 1m and cut back the adjacent dogwood to a height of approximately 0.75m. Juniper (T3) - Cut back all the stems growing toward the lawn from the juniper. height reduce the remaining stems to approximately 2m and cut back anything overhanging the pavement. Japanese Cherry (T4) - Crown reduce the Japanese cherry to leave a crown of approximately half the size. Fig (T5) - replant from rear of the property into the large pot.
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 114448/TCA/2016
- More recent applications — locked
- DemolitionAug 2017Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 1 Dalston Drive was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£766,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.4% per year over 25 years.
£785,000
Growth on file: 7.4% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
31 January 2025Most recent
£785,000
+40.2%over 5 years11 August 2019
£560,000
+334.1%over 19 years18 November 1999
£129,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in M20 5LL: £480,000 (2023–2015).
Nearby sales in M20 5LL
Versus other Dalston Drive homes
Years Held for 1 Dalston Drive lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,131
Street avg £3,912
Floor Area
153 m²
Street avg 112 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.7 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Beaver Road Junior School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Didsbury CofE Primary School. 32 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.9dB







