Howeth Farm, Bruna Hill, Barnacre, Preston, PR3 1QB
About Howeth Farm
Howeth Farm is a semi-detached house in Barnacre, Preston, Preston (PR3 1QB). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
12 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 1 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include an extension and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for change of use to residential is awaiting a decision. At 103 m² it sits well below the postcode median (155 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
Howeth Farm's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Howeth Farm has been through 6 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
12 applications on record at Howeth Farm, Bruna Hill, Barnacre, Preston, PR3 1QB
- Dec 2019Change of UseOtherOutcome in report
Prior approval application for change of use of existing agricultural buildings to form 4 residential dwellings (under Class Q of the GDPO)
- Reference
- 19/01093/COUQ
- More recent applications — locked
- FullJul 2025Decision
- ExtensionAug 2024Decision
+ 9 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Howeth Farm has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£242,000
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 PR3 1QB: £565,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in PR3 1QB
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Sold Dec 2024
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Sold Feb 2024
£1,000,000East Lodge, Bruna Hill, Barnacre, Preston, PR3 1QB
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£425,000West Lodge, Bruna Hill, Barnacre, Preston, PR3 1QB
Sold Sept 2022
£565,0002 Calder Terrace, Bruna Hill, Barnacre, Preston, PR3 1QB
Sold Aug 2020
£219,500
Versus other Bruna Hill homes
Howeth Farm is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
EPC Rating
27 (F)
Street avg 61 (D)
Floor Area
103 m²
Street avg 159 m²
CO₂ Emissions
15.0 t/year
Street avg 6.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Kenlis Arms — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Garstang Community Academy. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.6dB







