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Acre Nook, Smallwood Hey Road, Pilling, Preston, PR3 6HJ

Extendable3 sales on record1 planning record

Estimated value

£518,000

  • Since the 2025 sale (£580,000)-11%
  • Against PR3 6HJ's recent median (£251,500)+106%

Newest record on this page: March 2026. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.

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Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
3
Bathroom
1
Floor area
135 m²
1453 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 64
Council tax
Band D
Tenure
Owner Occupied
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About this valuation

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Our estimate

£518,000

  • Against its 2025 sale (£580,000)-11%
  • Against PR3 6HJ's recent median (£251,500)+106%

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How the estimate is made

The estimate for Acre Nook is modelled from its 135 m² EPC floor area, its 3 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in PR3 6HJ. 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

    135 m² from the EPC lodged in December 2014

  • Sales of this home

    3 sales recorded, the latest in 2025

  • Recent sales in PR3 6HJ

    5 sales, median £251,500 (2026–2024)

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DataThis pageFull report
SalesLatest sale shown: March 2026Latest available records, read when you order
ValuationEstimate from the last refreshAnalysed against comparable sales
Planning1 applicationFull history, plus nearby schemes
Flood riskNot shownIncluded
Price

Sales history & valuation

Every recorded sale of this home, how its price has moved, and what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Latest sale on Acre Nook was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.

Sales timeline

  1. 5 March 2025Most recent

    £580,000

    +54.7%over 5 years

  2. 20 February 2020

    £375,000

    +47.1%over 14 years

  3. 31 August 2005

    £255,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in PR3 6HJ: £251,500 (2026–2024).

Risks

What this page doesn't show

1 potential issue has already been flagged for Acre Nook, Smallwood Hey Road, Pilling, Preston, PR3 6HJ. The detail, evidence and what to ask about it are in the Risks Report.
  • 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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Overview

About Acre Nook

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Acre Nook is a three-bedroom detached house in Pilling, Preston, Preston (PR3 6HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1453 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Across 2005–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £518,000 is 10.7% below the 2025 sale of £580,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£399/sq ft) was about 154% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It changed hands recently, sold March 2025 for £580,000. At 135 m² it's 18.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (114 m² median across 52 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2005.

Specifications

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

  • Bedrooms3
  • Bathrooms1

Outside

  • Private gardenYes
  • OutbuildingsYes

Building

  • Heating systemOil
  • Extension potentialPossible
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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 08 Dec 2024

Current Certificate
Dec 2014

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D64
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
5.9 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied

Certificate validity

Expired on 8 December 2024

New assessment needed to sell or let
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Acre Nook, Smallwood Hey Road, Pilling, Preston, PR3 6HJ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

1 application on record at Acre Nook, Smallwood Hey Road, Pilling, Preston, PR3 6HJ

1decisions3documents2nearby
Flagged:Retrospective
  1. Jan 2005
    Amendment
    Outcome in report

    Certificate of lawfulness for occupation of dwelling in breach of occupancy condition.

    Retrospective
    Documents
    3 docs on file
    Reference
    04/01446/CPE
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On the street

Versus other Smallwood Hey Road homes

Four headline reads against 52 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Acre Nook outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£4,296

Street avg £1,979

Strongly above

Floor Area

135 m²

Street avg 126 m²

Above

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

On par

CO₂ Emissions

5.9 t/year

Street avg 5.7 t/year

Below
Area

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.
Full Preston report

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

0.3 km

Wheel Lane — bus stop.

Closest school

0.9 km

Pilling St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 3 schools nearby.

Nearest schools

  • Pilling St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary861m
  • St William's Catholic Primary School, PillingPrimary1.7km
  • Carter's Charity Voluntary Controlled Primary School, PreesallPrimary2.7km

Nearest stops

  • Wheel LaneBus stop297m
  • Methodist ChurchBus stop336m
  • PotteryBus stop673m
  • Crossing CottageBus stop766m

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.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around PR3 6HJ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for PR3 6HJ

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

43.9dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for PR3 6HJ

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

36.1dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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Late 20th centuryDetached HouseEPC DNo mains gasPermanent outbuildings

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Where every figure above comes from, how current it is and what it can't tell you.
Valuation method in detail
How the estimate is made
The estimate for Acre Nook is modelled from its 135 m² EPC floor area, its 3 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in PR3 6HJ. 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. 3 sales are recorded for Acre Nook. 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 Acre Nook was lodged in December 2014 at band D and expired in December 2024, so a new one is needed to sell or let. Floor area, heating and insulation details on this page come from it.
Planning records
Planning applications are collected from local authority registers through PlanIt. 1 application is matched to Acre Nook. 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 6HJ, not by walking route. Road noise is Defra's strategic noise modelling, averaged across the postcode.
Council tax band
Acre Nook is in council tax band D. 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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