43 South Road, Bretherton, Leyland, PR26 9AJ
About 43 South Road
43 South Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Bretherton, Leyland, Leyland (PR26 9AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows a G (score 14), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to E (score 53), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a balcony.
At 97 m² it sits well below the postcode median (154 m² across 21 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: change of use to residential approved in 2015. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £200,000 is 42.9% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£134/sq ft) was about 27% below the postcode norm. Last sold in August 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years.
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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
- Bedrooms4
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- DrivewayYes
- BalconyYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
43 South Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Sept 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jul 2015Change of UseFullIn report
Change of use from mixed use dwelling and sub-post office ( use class A1 (Shops) ) back to use class C3 (Dwellinghouses) (retrospective)
Retrospective- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/00342/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
£200,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£140,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
3 August 2015Most recent
£140,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR26 9AJ: £485,000 (2024–2023).
Nearby sales in PR26 9AJ
183 South Road, Bretherton, Leyland, PR26 9AJ
Sold Sept 2024
£1,125,000187 South Road, Bretherton, Leyland, PR26 9AJ
Sold Jun 2024
£775,000Moss Farm Mews, South Road, Bretherton, Leyland, PR26 9AJ
Sold May 2024
£485,000219a, South Road, Bretherton, Leyland, PR26 9AJ
Sold Mar 2023
£424,000Moss Farm Byre, South Road, Bretherton, Leyland, PR26 9AJ
Sold Jan 2023
£430,000
Everything we know about 43 South Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other South Road homes
EPC Rating for 43 South Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,443
Street avg £2,317
Floor Area
97 m²
Street avg 172 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
17.0 t/year
Street avg 7.7 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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
St Johns Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.0 km
Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.3dB