6 Starting Chair, Doctor Lane, Scouthead, Oldham, OL4 4AD
About 6 Starting Chair
6 Starting Chair is a detached house in Scouthead, Oldham, Oldham (OL4 4AD). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 104), a 5-band jump.
Today's modelled estimate of £272,000 sits 79.2% above the 2018 sale of £151,800. At 64 m² it sits well below the postcode median (102 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 8 years since the last transfer (February 2018).
Energy performance
6 Starting Chair's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
6 Starting Chair has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Sept 2019ConditionsIn report
Discharge of condition 3 relating to planning application HH/342313/18
- Agent
- Yarwood Construction
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- CD/343974/19
- Nov 2018ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey rear extension
- Agent
- Wiplow Limited
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- HH/342313/18
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Sales history & valuation
6 Starting Chair valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£272,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£151,800
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
14 February 2018Most recent
£151,800
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL4 4AD: £215,000 (2024–2015).
Versus other Doctor Lane homes
EPC Rating for 6 Starting Chair lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,372
Street avg £2,639
Floor Area
64 m²
Street avg 100 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.1 t/year
Street avg 5.5 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.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Doctor Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Knowsley Junior School. 19 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.1dB







