Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Newstead Cottage, School Lane, Forton, Preston, PR3 0AS
Estimated value
£737,000
- Since the 2022 sale (£675,000)+9%
- Against PR3 0AS's recent median (£240,000)+207%
Newest record on this page: March 2025. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
5
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
184 m²
1981 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 64
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Owner Occupied
About this valuation
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Our estimate
£737,000
- Against its 2022 sale (£675,000)+9%
- Against PR3 0AS's recent median (£240,000)+207%
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How the estimate is made
The estimate for Newstead Cottage is modelled from its 184 m² EPC floor area, its 2 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in PR3 0AS. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
What it's based on
Floor area
184 m² from the EPC lodged in April 2022
Sales of this home
2 sales recorded, the latest in 2022
Recent sales in PR3 0AS
5 sales, median £240,000 (2025–2020)
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| Data | This page | Full report |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | Latest sale shown: March 2025 | Latest available records, read when you order |
| Valuation | Estimate from the last refresh | Analysed against comparable sales |
| Planning | None on this home | Full history, plus nearby schemes |
| Flood risk | Not shown | Included |
Sales history & valuation
Every recorded sale of this home, how its price has moved, and what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Latest sale on Newstead Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
Sales timeline
19 June 2022Most recent
£675,000
+136.9%over 14 years11 July 2007
£284,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR3 0AS: £240,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in PR3 0AS
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Sold Mar 2025
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Sold Sept 2024
£205,0007 School Lane, Forton, Preston, PR3 0AS
Sold Feb 2021
£240,000Oak Lodge, School Lane, Forton, Preston, PR3 0AS
Sold Nov 2020
£292,50020 School Lane, Forton, Preston, PR3 0AS
Sold Mar 2020
£228,000
What this page doesn't show
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- Larger development activity nearbyIn report
- Flood risk from rivers, sea and surface waterIn report
- Subsidence and ground-stability signalsIn report
- Refusals, enforcement and big schemes nearbyIn report
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About Newstead Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Newstead Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Forton, Preston, Preston (PR3 0AS). It has a recorded floor area of 184 m² (around 1981 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 184 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£341/sq ft) was about 92.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £675,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Newstead Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Current Certificate
Apr 2022EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D64
E
F
G
Main Heating
Electric & Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
6.9 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Valid until 6 April 2032
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Newstead Cottage, School Lane, Forton, Preston, PR3 0AS, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Newstead Cottage has no planning applications on record.
12
But the area is active
12 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Versus other School Lane homes
Four headline reads against 25 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Newstead Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,668
Street avg £2,144
Floor Area
184 m²
Street avg 100 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Preston district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
221/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
School Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Forton Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Nearest schools
- Forton Primary SchoolPrimary77m
- Cockerham Parochial CofE Primary SchoolPrimary2.2km
- Scorton Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary3.0km
Nearest stops
- School LaneBus stop491m
- Sunny Bank NurseriesBus stop616m
- Sunny Bank NurseriesBus stop646m
- Forton BankBus stop663m
Most reported crime locally
- Violence & Sexual Offences1,091 reports38%
- Anti-social Behaviour786 reports27%
- Criminal Damage & Arson208 reports7%
- Other Theft189 reports7%
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around PR3 0AS from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.4dB
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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Victorian-eraDetached HouseEPC DPre-1919 buildExtended multiple times (2+ extensions)No mains gas
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Where every figure above comes from, how current it is and what it can't tell you.
- How the estimate is made
- The estimate for Newstead Cottage is modelled from its 184 m² EPC floor area, its 2 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in PR3 0AS. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
- Where sold prices come from
- Sold prices are HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, which covers residential sales in England and Wales since 1995. 2 sales are recorded for Newstead Cottage. Sales normally appear two to three months after completion, so the most recent ones take time to show up anywhere.
- Reading the EPC
- Energy Performance Certificates rate homes from A (most efficient) to G and last 10 years. The latest one for Newstead Cottage was lodged in April 2022 at band D and is valid until April 2032. Floor area, heating and insulation details on this page come from it.
- Planning records
- Planning applications are collected from local authority registers through PlanIt. None is matched to Newstead Cottage. Councils sometimes file applications under a different address format, and applications on neighbouring land aren't listed here; the report covers both.
- Area figures
- Crime is police-recorded street-level data over the last 13 months, which places each incident at an approximate point. The 3 schools and 30 stops listed are measured in a straight line from PR3 0AS, not by walking route. Road noise is Defra's strategic noise modelling, averaged across the postcode.
- Council tax band
- Newstead Cottage is in council tax band E. Bands are set by the Valuation Office Agency from historic values (1 April 1991 in England, 1 April 2003 in Wales), not today's price; the amount you pay depends on the council's rate for the band.
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