What kind of home is 5 Brooklands Drive, OL4 4LD?

5 Brooklands Drive, OL4 4LD is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house.

What did 5 Brooklands Drive, OL4 4LD sell for?

5 Brooklands Drive, OL4 4LD last sold for £230,000 in January 2021, around 6 years ago. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does 5 Brooklands Drive, OL4 4LD have?

The current EPC rating for 5 Brooklands Drive, OL4 4LD is D with a score of 65 out of 100, lodged in March 2020. The assessor estimates the property could reach a B. Source: EPC Register.

How big is 5 Brooklands Drive, OL4 4LD?

5 Brooklands Drive, OL4 4LD has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (1,001 sq ft), around 31 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 8% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in OL4 4LD. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does 5 Brooklands Drive, OL4 4LD use?

The latest EPC at 5 Brooklands Drive, OL4 4LD records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What is the council tax band for 5 Brooklands Drive, OL4 4LD?

5 Brooklands Drive, OL4 4LD is in council tax band C.

Which area is 5 Brooklands Drive, OL4 4LD in?

5 Brooklands Drive, OL4 4LD sits in Grotton, Oldham, Oldham. It falls within the OL4 postcode district.

Is 5 Brooklands Drive, OL4 4LD in a safe area?

Police records around 5 Brooklands Drive, OL4 4LD show an average of 1 reported crimes per month over the last 5 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 80% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

What schools are near 5 Brooklands Drive, OL4 4LD?

The closest primary school to 5 Brooklands Drive, OL4 4LD is Springhead Infant and Nursery School (586m), one of 24 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Waterhead Academy (1.8km), with 3 secondaries in the surrounding area.

How well connected is 5 Brooklands Drive, OL4 4LD?

The closest bus stop to 5 Brooklands Drive, OL4 4LD is Brooklands Drive, 71m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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5 Brooklands Drive, Grotton, Oldham, OL4 4LD

Property type

Semi-detached

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Floor area

93 m²

1001 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 65

Council tax

Band C

Tenure

Owner Occupied

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Overview

About 5 Brooklands Drive

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

5 Brooklands Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Grotton, Oldham, Oldham (OL4 4LD). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

Today's modelled estimate of £295,000 is 28.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£230/sq ft) was about 23.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2021 at £230,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms3
Bathrooms2
Dining roomYes

Outside

Private gardenYes
GarageYes

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

Current Certificate

Mar 2020

EPC Rating

D65

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

4.3 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Certificate validity

Valid until 16 March 2030

3 years remaining

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 5 Brooklands Drive, Grotton, Oldham, OL4 4LD, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

5 Brooklands Drive has no planning applications on record.

But the area is active

1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£295,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

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Last sold (2021)

£230,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

7 January 2021Most recent
£230,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in OL4 4LD: £271,500 (2023–2018).

Nearby sales in OL4 4LD

On the street

Versus other Brooklands Drive homes

Four headline reads against 9 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On epc rating, 5 Brooklands Drive stands well clear of the street.

Price per m²

£2,473

Street avg £2,564

On par

Floor Area

93 m²

Street avg 87 m²

Above

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

On par

CO₂ Emissions

4.3 t/year

Street avg 4.7 t/year

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Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.

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£230k

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OL4 4PE

3 bed1 bath

£292k

1 Brookside Avenue, Grotton

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2 bed

£516k

1 Cedar Lane, Grasscroft

OL4 4DS

3 bed1 bath

£275k

1 Beech Lane, Grasscroft

OL4 4EP

2 bed1 bath

£323k

1 Beechfield, Grasscroft

OL4 4EN

2 bed1 bath

£406k

1 Ash Grove, Springhead

OL4 4RP

4 bed

£177k

1 Clegg Street, Springhead

OL4 4QW

2 bed1 bath

Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Oldham district page.

Full Oldham report

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

0.1 km

Brooklands Drive — bus stop.

Closest school

0.6 km

Springhead Infant and Nursery School. 27 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around OL4 4LD from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

48.7dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for OL4 4LD

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

39.6dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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FAQ

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