Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
78 Cop Lane is a semi-detached house in Penwortham, Preston, Preston (PR1 0UR). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2015) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since May 2015. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). The latest certificate is from August 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since July 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 136 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £385,000 sits 301% above the 1997 sale of £96,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£66/sq ft) was about 63.6% below the postcode norm.
78 Cop Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Aug 2025
Certificate validity
Expired on 5 August 2025
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Cavity wall insulation installed
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78 Cop Lane has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
78 Cop Lane's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).
£385,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£96,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
24 July 1997Most recent
£96,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR1 0UR: £138,000 (2025–2022).
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78 Cop Lane is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£706
Street avg £2,380
Floor Area
136 m²
Street avg 126 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 6.8 t/year
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Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Manor Lane south — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Cop Lane Church of England Primary School, Penwortham. 21 schools nearby.
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