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Get started1 Princethorpe Drive is a three-bedroom detached house in Banbury (OX16 4FN). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows a C (score 74). When first surveyed in November 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £379,000 sits 69.6% above the 2013 sale of £223,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£204/sq ft) was about 16.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 102 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 34 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 74% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in January 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development for the addition of a box dormer to the rear elevation and obscurely glazed windows to the upper floors of side elevations, to facilitate loft conversion
1 Princethorpe Drive's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1999).
£379,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.1% per year over 13 years.
£223,500
Growth on file: 5.1% per year over 13 years.
1 Princethorpe Drive outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,191
Street avg £2,694
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 67 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
8/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Priory Vale Road — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
57.9dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Window efficiency improved
Roof insulation improved
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development for the erection of a rear extension
18 January 2013Most recent
£223,500
+37.1%over 10 years14 June 2002
£163,000
+39.3%over 2 years3 December 1999
£117,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX16 4FN: £280,000 (2024–2022).
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 3.2 t/year
OX16 4FR
Closest school
0.4 km
St Leonard's Church of England Primary School. 17 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
48.9dB
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