16 Beal Lane, Shaw, Oldham, OL2 8PB
About 16 Beal Lane
16 Beal Lane is a semi-detached house in Shaw, Oldham, Oldham (OL2 8PB). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 3 certificates since April 2015. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 136 m² it's 28.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (106 m² median across 7 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2016.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
16 Beal Lane sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2016FullIn report
Use of land for vehicle storage including erection of 1.8 metre high boundary fence and gates (retrospective)
- Agent
- Bob Ballard Architect
Retrospective- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- PA/338736/16
What's in 16 Beal Lane, Shaw, Oldham, OL2 8PB's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
16 Beal Lane has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£194,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL2 8PB: £119,000 (2006–2006).
Nearby sales in OL2 8PB
4 Carnegie Apartments, Beal Lane, Shaw, Oldham, OL2 8PB
Sold Jan 2006
£114,0005 Carnegie Apartments, Beal Lane, Shaw, Oldham, OL2 8PB
Sold Jan 2006
£115,0001 Carnegie Apartments, Beal Lane, Shaw, Oldham, OL2 8PB
Sold Jan 2006
£119,0002 Carnegie Apartments, Beal Lane, Shaw, Oldham, OL2 8PB
Sold Jan 2006
£135,0003 Carnegie Apartments, Beal Lane, Shaw, Oldham, OL2 8PB
Sold Jan 2006
£143,000
Everything we know about 16 Beal Lane, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Duke Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
East Crompton St James CofE Primary School. 26 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.6dB