1 Diggle Mill Cottages, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5LH
About 1 Diggle Mill Cottages
1 Diggle Mill Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Diggle, Oldham, Oldham (OL3 5LH). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 114), a 3-band jump.
Sold January 2023 for £191,710. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £239,000 is 24.7% above the 2023 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£297/sq ft) was about 158.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 4 November 2028
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Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
3 applications on record at 1 Diggle Mill Cottages, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5LH
- Jul 2008ExtensionOutlineOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey
Demolition of existing single storey and erection of two storey extension
- Reference
- AE/055341/08
- More recent applications — locked
- DemolitionAug 2011Decision
- DemolitionAug 2008Decision
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Sales history & valuation
1 Diggle Mill Cottages has changed hands more often than typical for the area.
£239,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.6% per year over 20 years.
£191,710
Growth on file: 3.6% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
23 January 2023Most recent
£191,710
20 December 2018
£191,710
+8.3%over 11 years31 May 2007
£177,000
-1.7%over 8 months2 October 2006
£180,000
+30.4%over 1 year24 March 2005
£138,000
+43.8%over 1 year8 May 2003
£96,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL3 5LH: £132,500 (2012–1995).
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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
1.3 km
Carr Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Diggle School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
40.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.0dB







