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23 Back Street, Harpley, King's Lynn, PE31 6TU

Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
2
Bathroom
1
Floor area
58 m²
624 sq ft
Energy rating
G
Score 11
Council tax
Band B
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 23 Back Street

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

23 Back Street is a two-bedroom detached house in King's Lynn (PE31 6TU). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a G (score 11), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 58 m² it sits well below the postcode median (117 m² across 13 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. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£427/sq ft) was about 146% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2022 for £266,300. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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

  • Bedrooms2
  • Bathrooms1
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about 23 Back Street

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

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

23 Back Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
G11
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Very Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
14.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
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Level 3 Building Survey

Victorian-eraDetached BungalowEPC GPre-1919 buildNo mains gas

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 23 Back Street, Harpley, King's Lynn, PE31 6TU, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

23 Back Street has no planning applications on record.

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But the area is active

3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.

Price

Sales history & valuation

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

Latest sale on 23 Back Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.

Current estimate

£283,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2022)

£266,300

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

  1. 26 May 2022Most recent

    £266,300

Median price across the last 5 sales in PE31 6TU: £213,000 (2023–2007).

On the street

Versus other Back Street homes

Four headline reads against 13 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

23 Back Street outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£4,591

Street avg £2,462

Strongly above

Floor Area

58 m²

Street avg 141 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

On par

CO₂ Emissions

14.0 t/year

Street avg 7.9 t/year

Strongly below
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about 23 Back Street

The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

Larger development activity nearby

Pick your report · every report is £14.99

One time fee only - money back guarantee

Preview of the full property report

The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the King's Lynn district page.

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

Crime

3/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Closest school

0.9 km

Harpley CofE VC Primary School. 1 school nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

A Local Area 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 PE31 6TU from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for PE31 6TU

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

45.1dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for PE31 6TU

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

37.0dB

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 23 Back Street, Harpley, King's Lynn, PE31 6TU. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.