1 Bayfields, Shaftesbury Road, Southsea, PO5 3PJ
About 1 Bayfields
1 Bayfields is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Southsea (PO5 3PJ). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1453 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2012) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
14 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2013–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Last sale on file: £482,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Jul 2022
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history at 1 Bayfields is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Jul 2025Tree WorksTreesIn report
Within Tree Preservation Order 104, (T1, T2, T3) Common Lime (Tilia x europaea) Re-pollard to previous points. Within Tree Preservation Order 37, (T6, T10, T11, T12) Common Lime (Tilia x europaea) Re-pollard to previous points; (T8, T9) Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) Re-pollard to previous points.
- Agent
- Bailey Bros (Southern)Ltd
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/00594/TPO
- Oct 2022Tree WorksTreesIn report
Within Tree Preservation Order 37 : repollard Lime trees(Tilia) (T6, T10. T11, T12) and two Sycmore Trees (Acer pseudoplatanus) (T8, T9) back to previous pruning points
- Agent
- Bailey Bros (Southern) Ltd
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/01244/TPO
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 1 Bayfields
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£499,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 7 years.
£482,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
25 February 2021Most recent
£482,000
+48.3%over 7 years1 November 2013
£325,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in PO5 3PJ: £234,000 (2007–1995).
Everything we know about 1 Bayfields, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby

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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
11/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Queens Hotel — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery. 27 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.9dB