West Pitten House, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 5BB
About West Pitten House
West Pitten House is a detached house in Plympton, Plymouth, Plymouth (PL7 5BB). It has a recorded floor area of 376 m² (around 4047 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (May 2020) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 60). Main heating runs on oil.
At 376 m² the property is well over the postcode median (115 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£284/sq ft) was about 16.8% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £1,150,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
West Pitten House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
West Pitten House has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
2 applications on record at West Pitten House, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 5BB
- Nov 2010ConservatoryFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey
Householder application for single storey extension to dwelling house including conservatory
Extension- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 62/2139/10/F
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionNov 2019Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,192,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,150,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 June 2021Most recent
£1,150,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PL7 5BB: £737,000 (2024–2004).
Nearby sales in PL7 5BB
Versus the street
West Pitten House is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
40 (E)
Street avg 51 (E)
Floor Area
376 m²
Street avg 130 m²
CO₂ Emissions
21.0 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
13 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.9 km
New Country Inn — bus stop.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.3dB







