Slackgate Farm Cottage, Slackgate Lane, Denshaw, Oldham, OL3 5TZ
About Slackgate Farm Cottage
Slackgate Farm Cottage is a mid-terrace house in Denshaw, Oldham, Oldham (OL3 5TZ). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 109), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on dual fuel.
At 64 m² it sits well below the postcode median (118 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2010.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 13 October 2028
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Planning history
1 application on record at Slackgate Farm Cottage, Slackgate Lane, Denshaw, Oldham, OL3 5TZ
- Mar 2010OutlineOutcome in report
Agricultural prior notification for the erection of an agricultural building to house poultry
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- AG/057906/10
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Sales history & valuation
Slackgate Farm Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£194,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL3 5TZ: £450,000 (2023–2013).
Nearby sales in OL3 5TZ
Lower Slack, Slackgate Lane, Denshaw, Oldham, OL3 5TZ
Sold Nov 2023
£885,0002 Wham Cottages, Slackgate Lane, Denshaw, Oldham, OL3 5TZ
Sold Sept 2020
£450,0002 Delph Slack, Slackgate Lane, Denshaw, Oldham, OL3 5TZ
Sold Apr 2019
£200,0005 Delph Slack, Slackgate Lane, Denshaw, Oldham, OL3 5TZ
Sold Apr 2013
£200,000Slackgate Farm, Slackgate Lane, Denshaw, Oldham, OL3 5TZ
Sold Dec 2006
£205,000
Versus other Slackgate Lane homes
Slackgate Farm Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
49 (E)
Street avg 62 (D)
Floor Area
64 m²
Street avg 148 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 6.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
Summer Hill Clough — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Christ Church CofE Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.0dB







