179 Chew Valley Road, Greenfield, Oldham, OL3 7DF
About 179 Chew Valley Road
179 Chew Valley Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Greenfield, Oldham, Oldham (OL3 7DF). It has a recorded floor area of 256 m² (around 2756 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 256 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: subdivision approved in 2017. Past consents include subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £669,000 is 20.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£202/sq ft) was about 44.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £555,500. 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
179 Chew Valley Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
- Oct 2017SubdivisionFullIn report
Proposed alterations of the second floor and loft of the property to provide a self contained flat with associated access.
- Agent
- Creative Architecture Ltd
- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- PA/340612/17
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 179 Chew Valley Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£669,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£555,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 March 2021Most recent
£555,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL3 7DF: £292,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in OL3 7DF
175 Chew Valley Road, Greenfield, Oldham, OL3 7DF
Sold Jun 2025
£315,000199 201, Chew Valley Road, Greenfield, Oldham, OL3 7DF
Sold Mar 2024
£435,000203 Chew Valley Road, Greenfield, Oldham, OL3 7DF
Sold Nov 2021
£292,000183 Chew Valley Road, Greenfield, Oldham, OL3 7DF
Sold May 2021
£181,000177 Chew Valley Road, Greenfield, Oldham, OL3 7DF
Sold Mar 2019
£224,335
Everything we know about 179 Chew Valley Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Chew Valley Road homes
On floor area, 179 Chew Valley Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,170
Street avg £2,033
Floor Area
256 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
16.0 t/year
Street avg 6.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Central Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Greenfield St Mary's CofE School. 10 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.9dB