5 Higher Lydgate Park, Grasscroft, Oldham, OL4 4EF
About 5 Higher Lydgate Park
5 Higher Lydgate Park is a three-bedroom detached house in Grasscroft, Oldham, Oldham (OL4 4EF). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 160 m² it sits well below the postcode median (241 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £844,000 is 27.9% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£383/sq ft) was about 53% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2018 for £660,000.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- LandYes
Building
- ConciergeYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
5 Higher Lydgate Park's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 27 Mar 2025
EPC Rating
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Planning history
5 Higher Lydgate Park has been through 4 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Feb 2019PorchFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Single storey rear and side extension, external terrace to rear, and new front entrance porch with additional new garden store/boiler room to basement level
- Agent
- Hna Architects Ltd
Extension- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- HH/342752/19
- Jan 2017AmendmentIn report
1) Increase in size to side ensuite 2) Addition of external doors to garden store 3) Path to be incorporated to perimeter of building
- Agent
- HNA Architects Ltd
- Reference
- HH/339498/16
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Sales history & valuation
5 Higher Lydgate Park valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£844,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.3% per year over 3 years.
£660,000
Growth on file: 0.3% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
11 October 2018Most recent
£660,000
+0.8%over 2 years30 March 2016
£655,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in OL4 4EF: £440,000 (2017–1997).
Nearby sales in OL4 4EF
Versus other Higher Lydgate Park homes
5 Higher Lydgate Park outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,125
Street avg £2,634
Floor Area
160 m²
Street avg 220 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.9 t/year
Street avg 8.5 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
0.3 km
Lydgate — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.1dB







