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The Old Chapel, Fairspear Road, Leafield, Witney, OX29 9NT

Solar panels3 sales on record6 planning records
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
5
Bathrooms
3
Floor area
182 m²
1959 sq ft
Energy rating
C
Score 72
Council tax
Band F
Tenure
Freehold
Overview

About The Old Chapel

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

The Old Chapel is a five-bedroom detached house in Leafield, Witney, Witney (OX29 9NT). It has a recorded floor area of 182 m² (around 1959 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. Tenure is freehold. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a C (score 72). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86).

At 182 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 6 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£459/sq ft) was about 93.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2022 for £900,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms5
  • Bathrooms3
  • EnsuiteYes

Outside

  • Private gardenSouth-facing

Building

  • TenureFreehold
  • Solar panelsYes
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
C72
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
5.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against The Old Chapel, Fairspear Road, Leafield, Witney, OX29 9NT, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

The Old Chapel has been through 6 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.

  1. Sept 2019
    Conditions
    In report

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Window Details) of planning permission 18/00133/HHD

    Documents
    5 docs on file
    Reference
    19/02343/CND
    View planning record
  2. Mar 2018
    RenovationFull
    In report

    Removal of a kitchen window, French doors and masonry construction, to allow the construction of a 3 panel glazed sliding door. Introduction of a traditional sliding sash window into the South Eastern elevation.

    New Windows
    Reference
    18/00133/HHD
    View planning record

What's in The Old Chapel, Fairspear Road, Leafield, Witney, OX29 9NT's planning history?

4 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1999.

Current estimate

£928,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.1% per year over 23 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2022)

£900,000

Growth on file: 6.1% per year over 23 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 23 August 2022Most recent

    £900,000

    +114.3%over 16 years
  2. 6 June 2006

    £420,000

    +82.6%over 6 years
  3. 16 September 1999

    £230,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in OX29 9NT: £340,000 (2024–2021).

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On the street

Versus other Fairspear Road homes

Four headline reads against 25 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

The Old Chapel outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£4,945

Street avg £2,787

Strongly above

Floor Area

182 m²

Street avg 106 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

7 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

5.2 t/year

Street avg 3.9 t/year

Strongly below
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Witney district page.

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

2/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.2 km

The Fox — bus stop.

Closest school

0.3 km

Leafield Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around OX29 9NT from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for OX29 9NT

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

42.8dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for OX29 9NT

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

35.9dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about The Old Chapel, Fairspear Road, Leafield, Witney, OX29 9NT. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.