53b, West Street, Oundle, Peterborough, PE8 4EJ
About 53b
53b is an end-of-terrace house in Oundle, Peterborough, Peterborough (PE8 4EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2008. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 81 m² it's 17.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (99 m² median across 38 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£318/sq ft) was about 81.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2021 for £277,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Wall insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Planning history
53b has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
2 applications on record at 53b, West Street, Oundle, Peterborough, PE8 4EJ
- Mar 2020RenovationFullOutcome in report
Replace front door with like for like and repair frame. Paint black. Place free standing bike storage unit on frontage between front of house and railings. Replace wall lanterns with period appropriate when they can be sourced
Listed- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/00002/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- RenovationMar 2020Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 53b has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£272,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.4% per year over 27 years.
£277,000
Growth on file: 6.4% per year over 27 years.
Sales timeline
29 September 2021Most recent
£277,000
+20.4%over 1 year30 September 2019
£230,000
+54.4%over 15 years27 February 2004
£149,000
+10.4%over 1 year17 October 2002
£135,000
+144.1%over 4 years19 March 1998
£55,300
+4.3%over 3 years21 February 1995
£53,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE8 4EJ: £240,000 (2022–2019).
Nearby sales in PE8 4EJ
77 West Street, Oundle, Peterborough, PE8 4EJ
Sold Apr 2022
£465,00033 West Street, Oundle, Peterborough, PE8 4EJ
Sold Aug 2021
£1,394,0001 Victoria Yard, West Street, Oundle, Peterborough, PE8 4EJ
Sold Nov 2019
£145,0003 Victoria Yard, West Street, Oundle, Peterborough, PE8 4EJ
Sold Jul 2019
£160,00037 West Street, Oundle, Peterborough, PE8 4EJ
Sold Jun 2019
£274,000
Versus other West Street homes
On years held, 53b runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,420
Street avg £2,455
Floor Area
81 m²
Street avg 136 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 6.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Victoria Yard — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Prince William School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB







