What was the last sold price for 17 Riverbank, OL3 5BS?

17 Riverbank, OL3 5BS last sold for £189,000 in March 2003, around 23 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £116,000 in December 1998. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for 17 Riverbank, OL3 5BS?

Across 3 sales between December 1998 and March 2003, 17 Riverbank, OL3 5BS rose from £116,000 to £189,000, a change of £73,000. That works out to roughly +12.2% per year compounded over 4 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

Has 17 Riverbank, OL3 5BS had any planning applications?

17 Riverbank, OL3 5BS has 2 approved extension applications on file including single-storey rear extension and rear extension. The wider record also shows 2 refused applications. Source: PlanIt planning register.

What is the council tax band for 17 Riverbank, OL3 5BS?

17 Riverbank, OL3 5BS is in council tax band D.

Which area is 17 Riverbank, OL3 5BS in?

17 Riverbank, OL3 5BS sits in Dobcross, Oldham, Oldham. It falls within the OL3 postcode district.

What schools are near 17 Riverbank, OL3 5BS?

The closest primary school to 17 Riverbank, OL3 5BS is Holy Trinity CofE Dobcross Primary School (225m), one of 9 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Saddleworth School (964m).

How well connected is 17 Riverbank, OL3 5BS?

The closest bus stop to 17 Riverbank, OL3 5BS is The Woolpack, 102m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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17 Riverbank, Dobcross, Oldham, OL3 5BS

3 sales on record4 planning records

Council tax

Band D

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About 17 Riverbank

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17 Riverbank is a property in Dobcross, Oldham, Oldham (OL3 5BS). It has council tax band D.

Held since March 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.2% per year.

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 17 Riverbank, Dobcross, Oldham, OL3 5BS, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at 17 Riverbank.

May 2023
ConservatoryFull
In report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Removal of existing conservatory to rear and replace with new single storey extension
Agent
Whittaker Design
Extension
Documents
6 docs on file
Reference
HOU/350624/23
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Jul 2017
Full
In report
Change of use of land to form an extended garden and associated works.
Documents
6 docs on file
Reference
PA/340133/17
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Sales history & valuation

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17 Riverbank changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.

Last sold (2003)

£189,000

Growth on file: 12.2% per year over 4 years.

Sales timeline

21 March 2003Most recent
£189,000
+8.6%over 8 months
31 July 2002
£174,000
+50.0%over 3 years
22 December 1998
£116,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in OL3 5BS: £232,000 (2024–2011).

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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Nearest stop

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The Woolpack — bus stop.

Closest school

0.2 km

Holy Trinity CofE Dobcross Primary School. 10 schools nearby.

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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

49.3dB

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