1 The Woods, Grotton, Oldham, OL4 4LP
About 1 The Woods
1 The Woods is a four-bedroom detached house in Grotton, Oldham, Oldham (OL4 4LP). It has a recorded floor area of 182 m² (around 1959 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. The property has an EV charger on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a C (score 80), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).
At 182 m² the property is well over the postcode median (125 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £529,000 is 33.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£203/sq ft) was about 15.9% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £397,350. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
Building
- EV chargerYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
EPC Rating
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Planning history
A recent planning application at 1 The Woods was refused — worth checking the council file.
- Aug 2022FullIn report
Dormers to roof, minor elevation alterations to door and windows
- Agent
- Whittaker Design
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- HOU/349390/22
- May 2022RenovationFullIn report
Partial half cladding of front and rear elevation in light grey composite.
- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- HOU/348379/22
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£529,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£397,350
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
23 November 2021Most recent
£397,350
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL4 4LP: £330,000 (2023–2008).
Nearby sales in OL4 4LP
Versus other The Woods homes
1 The Woods outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,183
Street avg £2,319
Floor Area
182 m²
Street avg 118 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 5.2 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
0.2 km
Brooklands Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Springhead Infant and Nursery School. 29 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.6dB







