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1 planning record
About Briar Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Briar Cottage is a semi-detached house in Swalcliffe, Banbury, Banbury (OX15 5EN). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since November 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 125 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £532,000 sits 246.6% above the 1999 sale of £153,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£114/sq ft) was about 61.8% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2000. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Briar Cottage'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Sept 2023
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Briar Cottage, Bakers Lane, Swalcliffe, Banbury, OX15 5EN, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Briar Cottage has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
- Dec 2000ConservatoryFullGranted
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Briar Cottage's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1999).
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£532,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (1999)
£153,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Versus other Bakers Lane homes
Four headline reads against 6 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Price per m² for Briar Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,228
Street avg £4,399
Floor Area
125 m²
Street avg 82 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Banbury district page.
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
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around OX15 5EN from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.0dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 13 points of interest in total.
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