8 Birchfield, Much Hoole, Preston, PR4 4HD
About 8 Birchfield
8 Birchfield is a semi-detached house in Much Hoole, Preston, Preston (PR4 4HD). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2024) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 94 m² it's 27% larger than the typical home in the postcode (74 m² median across 4 EPCs).
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
8 Birchfield has an approved single-storey front extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 8 Birchfield, Much Hoole, Preston, PR4 4HD
- Jun 2005ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
Single storey extension to front.
- Reference
- 07/2005/0402
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Sales history & valuation
8 Birchfield has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£231,000
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 PR4 4HD: £275,000 (2024–2016).
Versus other Birchfield homes
EPC Rating for 8 Birchfield lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
60 (D)
Street avg 68 (D)
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 81 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Burial Ground — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Little Hoole Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.4dB