70 Desborough Road, Plymouth, PL4 9PN
About 70 Desborough Road
70 Desborough Road is a mid-terrace house in Plymouth (PL4 9PN). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 147 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 51 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £213,000 is 25.3% above the 2022 sale price. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £170,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Energy performance
70 Desborough Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
70 Desborough Road has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
19 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£213,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£170,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
25 November 2022Most recent
£170,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PL4 9PN: £223,500 (2022–2022).
Nearby sales in PL4 9PN
Versus other Desborough Road homes
70 Desborough Road is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£1,156
Street avg £1,397
Floor Area
147 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.6 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
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Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Cattedown Roundabout — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Salisbury Road Primary School. 29 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
56.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.3dB