Holly Leaf Cottage, Holly Grove, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5JW
About Holly Leaf Cottage
Holly Leaf Cottage is a semi-detached house in Diggle, Oldham, Oldham (OL3 5JW). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 100), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 93 m² it sits well below the postcode median (184 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £386,000 is 26.6% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £305,000 in December 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Holly Leaf Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 21 January 2029
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Planning history
Holly Leaf Cottage has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
4 applications on record at Holly Leaf Cottage, Holly Grove, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5JW
- Jan 2006ExtensionHeritageOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Single storey side extension forming kitchen
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- LB/050468/05
- More recent applications — locked
- ConditionsApr 2019Decision
- RenovationNov 2009Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£386,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£305,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
21 December 2021Most recent
£305,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL3 5JW: £600,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in OL3 5JW
Middle Holly Grove Cottage, Holly Grove, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5JW
Sold Nov 2024
£400,000Holly Grove Farm Cottage, Holly Grove, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5JW
Sold Nov 2023
£780,0001 Middle Holly Grove, Holly Grove, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5JW
Sold Jul 2022
£465,000Heyes Farm, Holly Grove, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5JW
Sold Aug 2021
£1,800,000Holly Grove Farm, Holly Grove, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5JW
Sold Jul 2019
£495,000
Versus other Holly Grove homes
On epc rating, Holly Leaf Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,280
Street avg £4,741
Floor Area
93 m²
Street avg 189 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.9 t/year
Street avg 9.8 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.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Saddleworth School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Diggle School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.8dB







