Close Gate Farm, Buckholes Lane, Wheelton, Chorley, PR6 8JL
About Close Gate Farm
Close Gate Farm is a semi-detached house in Wheelton, Chorley, Chorley (PR6 8JL). It has a recorded floor area of 155 m² (around 1668 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2011) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 46). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from January 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 155 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.
Energy performance
Close Gate Farm's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 25 Jan 2021
EPC Rating
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Planning history
2 applications on record at Close Gate Farm, Buckholes Lane, Wheelton, Chorley, PR6 8JL
- Jan 2014ConditionsOutcome in report
Application to discharge conditions 7 (drainage), 8 (levels), 9 (boundary treatments), 15 (Design Stage Assessment), 19 (ground surfacing materials) and 22 (access details) of planning permission ref: 12/01158/FULMAJ (which was for the erection of a replacement dwelling, new commercial stables building (for livery use) and sand paddock following the demolition of existing buildings).
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 13/01005/DIS
- More recent applications — locked
- AmendmentMay 2022Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Close Gate Farm has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£486,000
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 PR6 8JL: £198,000 (2022–2010).
Nearby sales in PR6 8JL
7 Buckholes Lane, Wheelton, Chorley, PR6 8JL
Sold Feb 2022
£245,0005 Portland Cottages, Buckholes Lane, Wheelton, Chorley, PR6 8JL
Sold Aug 2012
£122,500Sundale, Buckholes Lane, Wheelton, Chorley, PR6 8JL
Sold Oct 2011
£260,000Close Gate Barn, Buckholes Lane, Wheelton, Chorley, PR6 8JL
Sold May 2010
£475,0003 Portland Cottages, Buckholes Lane, Wheelton, Chorley, PR6 8JL
Sold Nov 2003
£87,500
Versus other Buckholes Lane homes
Close Gate Farm outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
38 (F)
Street avg 41 (E)
Floor Area
155 m²
Street avg 108 m²
CO₂ Emissions
9.8 t/year
Street avg 7.8 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Sandy Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Brinscall St John's CofE and Methodist Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB







