24 Church Fields, Dobcross, Oldham, OL3 5AB
About 24 Church Fields
24 Church Fields is a two-bedroom detached house in Dobcross, Oldham, Oldham (OL3 5AB). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2015) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
11 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 6 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 70 m² it's 21.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (58 m² median across 6 EPCs). Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £337,000 is 14.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£392/sq ft) was about 88% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £295,000 in April 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 Sept 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- May 2021ConditionsIn report
Variation of condition 6 (permitted development rights) relating to application HH/343812/19
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- VAR/346929/21
- Dec 2019ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed development comprising: new window, new chimney, single storey rear extension, installation of rooflights, and summer house.
- Agent
- HNA Architects Ltd
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- CL/343767/19
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 24 Church Fields
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£337,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.6% per year over 6 years.
£295,000
Growth on file: 0.6% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
28 April 2022Most recent
£295,000
+3.5%over 6 years29 January 2016
£285,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL3 5AB: £249,000 (2025–2018).
Nearby sales in OL3 5AB
30 Church Fields, Dobcross, Oldham, OL3 5AB
Sold May 2025
£249,00014 16, Church Fields, Dobcross, Oldham, OL3 5AB
Sold Jun 2021
£340,00028 Church Fields, Dobcross, Oldham, OL3 5AB
Sold Feb 2021
£220,00012 Church Fields, Dobcross, Oldham, OL3 5AB
Sold Apr 2018
£310,0002 Church Fields, Dobcross, Oldham, OL3 5AB
Sold Feb 2017
£113,000
Everything we know about 24 Church Fields, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Church Fields homes
EPC Rating for 24 Church Fields lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,214
Street avg £3,462
Floor Area
70 m²
Street avg 89 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Dobcross Square — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Holy Trinity CofE Dobcross Primary School. 9 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.1dB