29 Poplar Drive, Filby, Great Yarmouth, NR29 3HU
About 29 Poplar Drive
29 Poplar Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in Filby, Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth (NR29 3HU). It has a recorded floor area of 250 m² (around 2691 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2020) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). Main heating runs on oil. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused, 1 pending. An active application for an extension is awaiting a decision. At 250 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£212/sq ft) was about 17.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2021 at £570,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Heating systemOil
Energy performance
29 Poplar Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
An application for an extension is currently awaiting a decision.
2 applications on record at 29 Poplar Drive, Filby, Great Yarmouth, NR29 3HU
1 live now- May 2007OutbuildingFullOutcome in report
Proposed detached garage
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 06/07/0309/F
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionFeb 2026Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 29 Poplar Drive was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£593,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.2% per year over 6 years.
£570,000
Growth on file: 8.2% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
20 December 2021Most recent
£570,000
+7.5%over 1 year22 October 2020
£530,000
+51.5%over 5 years20 October 2015
£349,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR29 3HU: £315,000 (2025–2018).
Nearby sales in NR29 3HU
20 Poplar Drive, Filby, Great Yarmouth, NR29 3HU
Sold May 2025
£425,00019 Poplar Drive, Filby, Great Yarmouth, NR29 3HU
Sold Dec 2022
£415,00012 Poplar Drive, Filby, Great Yarmouth, NR29 3HU
Sold Jul 2020
£230,00021 Poplar Drive, Filby, Great Yarmouth, NR29 3HU
Sold May 2019
£315,00010 Poplar Drive, Filby, Great Yarmouth, NR29 3HU
Sold Nov 2015
£195,000
Versus other Poplar Drive homes
EPC Rating for 29 Poplar Drive lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,280
Street avg £2,285
Floor Area
250 m²
Street avg 112 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
1.1 km
Filby Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB







