1 Grosvenor Drive, Whitley Bay, NE26 2JP
About 1 Grosvenor Drive
1 Grosvenor Drive is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Whitley Bay (NE26 2JP). It has a recorded floor area of 156 m² (around 1679 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £501,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 156 m² it's 21.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (128 m² median across 14 EPCs). Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £578,000 is 15.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£298/sq ft) was about 103.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
1 Grosvenor Drive's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Sept 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2013Change of UseFullIn report
Change of use from A1 funeral parlour to residential dwelling C3
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 13/01443/FUL
- Jul 2009Change Of UseFullIn report
Change of use from B1 office to A1 funeral parlour
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 09/01546/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2007.
£578,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.7% per year over 14 years.
£501,000
Growth on file: 7.7% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
5 November 2021Most recent
£501,000
+86.9%over 6 years28 April 2015
£268,000
+67.5%over 4 years1 July 2010
£160,000
-8.6%over 2 years27 September 2007
£175,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NE26 2JP: £425,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in NE26 2JP
4 Grosvenor Drive, Whitley Bay, NE26 2JP
Sold Feb 2025
£605,0008 Grosvenor Drive, Whitley Bay, NE26 2JP
Sold Mar 2024
£495,00014 Grosvenor Drive, Whitley Bay, NE26 2JP
Sold Dec 2020
£425,00021 Grosvenor Drive, Whitley Bay, NE26 2JP
Sold Oct 2017
£250,00029 Grosvenor Drive, Whitley Bay, NE26 2JP
Sold Aug 2017
£305,000
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What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Grosvenor Drive homes
On floor area, 1 Grosvenor Drive stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,212
Street avg £2,179
Floor Area
156 m²
Street avg 129 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 5.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
Park View-Marden Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Marden Bridge Middle School. 25 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.3dB