Are you a property professional?Get qualified leads from motivated homeowners.
Get started23 Benson Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7EJ
4 planning records
About 23 Benson Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
23 Benson Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Headington, Oxford, Oxford (OX3 7EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in January 2015 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Other recorded features include a conservatory and a loft.
Sale prices here have outpaced Oxford HPI: 2.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £429,000 is 26.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£345/sq ft) was about 40.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs). Sold January 2021 for £338,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- LoftYes
- ConservatoryYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Aug 2025
EPC Rating
A
B
C
C70
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
2.9 t/year
Occupancy
Rented
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 23 Benson Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7EJ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
A a part-single-part-two-storey rear extension application was refused at 23 Benson Road in 2025.
- Mar 2025ExtensionOutlinePrior approval not required
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Application for prior approval for the erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 6m, for which the maximum height would be 3.0m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.86m
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£429,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.7% per year over 14 years.
Last sold (2021)
£338,000
Growth on file: 2.7% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Benson Road homes
Four headline reads against 15 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
23 Benson Road outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,714
Street avg £3,448
Floor Area
91 m²
Street avg 95 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 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 Oxford district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Cinnaminta Road — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around OX3 7EJ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.9dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 58 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
Curated scenic spots within reach of this postcode, served by Beautifulplaces.ai. Photography and tagging come from their open dataset.
Common questions
The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 23 Benson Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7EJ. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.