3 Garden Close, Holbeton, Plymouth, PL8 1NQ
About 3 Garden Close
3 Garden Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Holbeton, Plymouth, Plymouth (PL8 1NQ). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2012) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from December 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 147 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 3 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, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £525,000 is 29.6% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£256/sq ft) was about 40.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2019 for £405,000.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
- GarageYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Heating systemOil
Energy performance
3 Garden Close's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 Dec 2022
EPC Rating
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Planning history
3 Garden Close has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
2 applications on record at 3 Garden Close, Holbeton, Plymouth, PL8 1NQ
- May 2004ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey
Erection of single storey extension
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/0704/04/F
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionMar 2010Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 3 Garden Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£525,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 23 years.
£405,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
20 December 2019Most recent
£405,000
+50.0%over 16 years13 July 2003
£270,000
+237.5%over 7 years27 June 1996
£80,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PL8 1NQ: £295,000 (2020–1999).
Versus other Garden Close homes
3 Garden Close outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,755
Street avg £3,370
Floor Area
147 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 6.7 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Mildmay Colours Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Holbeton Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB







