78 Botley Road, Oxford, OX2 0BU
About 78 Botley Road
78 Botley Road is a mid-terrace house in Oxford (OX2 0BU). It has a recorded floor area of 26 m² (around 280 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 26 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 12 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 14–147 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 12 units on file.
At 26 m² it sits well below the postcode median (75 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: subdivision approved in 2005. Past consents include subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Energy performance
78 Botley Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
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Planning history
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
1 application on record at 78 Botley Road, Oxford, OX2 0BU
- Apr 2005SubdivisionAmendmentOutcome in report
Application to certify that the existing sub division of the property to a use as 3x1 self-contained flats is lawful
Retrospective- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 05/00279/CEU
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Sales history & valuation
78 Botley Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£180,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX2 0BU: £545,000 (2020–2013).
Versus other Botley Road homes
EPC Rating for 78 Botley Road lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
53 (E)
Street avg 64 (D)
Floor Area
26 m²
Street avg 42 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.1 t/year
Street avg 2.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
1 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Binsey Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
West Oxford Community Primary School. 14 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.4dB