15 Beacon Drive is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Goosnargh, Preston, Preston (PR3 2BA). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced Preston HPI: 6.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £295,000 is 34.1% above the 2017 sale price. At 123 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch, a conservatory and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in July 2017.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 31 Oct 2025
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
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Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1998.
£295,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.6% per year over 19 years.
£220,000
Growth on file: 6.6% per year over 19 years.
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Habitable Rooms for 15 Beacon Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,789
Street avg £2,070
Floor Area
123 m²
Street avg 98 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.2dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Erection of porch to front and conservatory to rear of dwelling (following demolition of existing outbuilding)
Extension: Side and rear of property
Erection of two storey extension to side and single storey extension to rear of dwelling.
26 July 2017Most recent
£220,000
+131.6%over 14 years22 August 2002
£95,000
+47.9%over 4 years9 April 1998
£64,250
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR3 2BA: £235,000 (2025–2023).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
PR3 2AB
Methodist Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Goosnargh Oliverson's Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.2dB