85 Howard Road, Plymouth, PL9 7ER
About 85 Howard Road
85 Howard Road is a detached house in Plymouth (PL9 7ER). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump.
At 84 m² it's 23.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (110 m² median across 18 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
85 Howard Road has no planning applications on record.
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Sales history & valuation
85 Howard Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£304,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in PL9 7ER: £251,000 (2025–2018).
Nearby sales in PL9 7ER
Versus other Howard Road homes
On floor area, 85 Howard Road runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
51 (E)
Street avg 62 (D)
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 128 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 5.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Boringdon Terrace — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Pomphlett Primary School. 15 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.2dB







