Are you a property professional?Get qualified leads from motivated homeowners.
Get started1 Highfield Road, Oakley, Bedford, MK43 7TA
6 planning records
About 1 Highfield Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
1 Highfield Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Oakley, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 7TA). It has a recorded floor area of 215 m² (around 2314 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2018) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72).
Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in November 1996. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 215 m² the property is well over the postcode median (122 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £624,000 sits 609.1% above the 1996 sale of £88,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£38/sq ft) was about 82.5% below the postcode norm. 6 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
1 Highfield Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D65
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
8.3 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 1 Highfield Road, Oakley, Bedford, MK43 7TA, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Jun 2022ExtensionFullGrant Permission
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
Single storey front extension
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Latest sale on 1 Highfield Road was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£624,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (1996)
£88,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Versus other Highfield Road homes
Four headline reads against 8 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
1 Highfield Road is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£409
Street avg £3,000
Floor Area
215 m²
Street avg 142 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Bedford district page.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
The Memorial — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around MK43 7TA from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.5dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 35 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
Curated scenic spots within reach of this postcode, served by Beautifulplaces.ai. Photography and tagging come from their open dataset.
Common questions
The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 1 Highfield Road, Oakley, Bedford, MK43 7TA. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.