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Get startedYew Tree Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Hook Norton, Banbury, Banbury (OX15 5JX). It has a recorded floor area of 168 m² (around 1808 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 168 m² it's 20.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (139 m² median across 6 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £690,000 is 21.1% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£315/sq ft) was about 33.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: July 2018 at £570,000.
Yew Tree Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate of Lawfulness of the Proposed Development for new windows to the ground and first floor rear elevation
Yew Tree Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£690,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£570,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
EPC Rating for Yew Tree Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,393
Street avg £2,725
Floor Area
168 m²
Street avg 151 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.3dB

T1 x Cotoneaster - Crown raise to 3.5m over side road to give better clearance to vehicles. Thin by 10% round utility cables to give clearance. T2 x Quince - Reduce spread by 1.0m and crown thin by 10%. Remove deadwood (exempt). T3 x Magnolia - Crown reduce external crown by 1.0m to re-balance and reduce end weight. T4 x Yew Hedge - Re-trim hedge back to previous points. T5 x Cotoneaster - Crown raise 2.5m over footpath and cut back to path edge.
2 more applications for this property
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17 July 2018Most recent
£570,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX15 5JX: £375,000 (2021–2002).
CO₂ Emissions
15.0 t/year
Street avg 10.6 t/year
OX15 5FH
The Green — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Hook Norton Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB
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