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Hillside Cottage, Kiln Green, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5JY

3 planning records
Property type
Detached
Habitable rooms
6
From EPC
Floor area
224 m²
2411 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 62
Council tax
Band F
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Hillside Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Hillside Cottage is a detached house in Diggle, Oldham, Oldham (OL3 5JY). It has a recorded floor area of 224 m² (around 2411 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

At 224 m² the property is well over the postcode median (97 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £770,000 is 13.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£282/sq ft) was about 26.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £680,000 in August 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

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Hillside Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D62
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
11.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Hillside Cottage, Kiln Green, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5JY, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
  1. Apr 2014
    ExtensionFull
    In report

    1) Single storey front extension 2) Single storey side extension 3) First floor rear extension 4) Extension to existing garage

    Agent
    John Barnes - Architect
    Documents
    15 docs on file
    Reference
    HH/335139/14
    View planning record
  2. Sept 2010
    ExtensionFull
    In report

    Extension: Single storey

    1) Single storey front extension 2) Single storey side extension 2) Extension to existing garage

    Agent
    John Barnes - Architect
    Documents
    14 docs on file
    Reference
    HH/058472/10
    View planning record
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Latest sale on Hillside Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.

Current estimate

£770,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

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Last sold (2022)

£680,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

  1. 11 August 2022Most recent

    £680,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in OL3 5JY: £210,000 (2025–2021).

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On the street

Versus other Kiln Green homes

Four headline reads against 11 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Floor Area for Hillside Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

Price per m²

£3,036

Street avg £2,903

On par

Floor Area

224 m²

Street avg 106 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

6 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

11.0 t/year

Street avg 5.5 t/year

Strongly below
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Oldham district page.

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

Nearest stop

0.4 km

Sunfield Lane — bus stop.

Closest school

0.3 km

Diggle School. 5 schools nearby.

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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around OL3 5JY from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for OL3 5JY

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

47.1dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for OL3 5JY

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

37.3dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
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80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Hillside Cottage, Kiln Green, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5JY. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.