16a, New Market Street, Chorley, PR7 1DB
About 16a
16a is an end-of-terrace house in Chorley (PR7 1DB). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 39 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 9 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 38–60 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).
At 39 m² it sits well below the postcode median (58 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: change of use to residential approved in 2023. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. Sold March 2021 for £182,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Dec 2023Change of UseFullIn report
Change of use of 16A New Market Street across the first floor from a hot food takeaway to 1no. one bedroom flat (Use Class C3)
- Agent
- Urban Solutions NW Ltd
- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/00469/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 1997.
£199,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.2% per year over 23 years.
£182,500
Growth on file: 3.2% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
28 March 2021Most recent
£182,500
+108.6%over 23 years16 October 1997
£87,500
Median price across the last 3 sales in PR7 1DB: £320,000 (2023–2022).
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Versus other New Market Street homes
16a is notably below the street on floor area.
EPC Rating
63 (D)
Street avg 65 (D)
Floor Area
39 m²
Street avg 54 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.3 t/year
Street avg 2.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Booths — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Chorley, the Parish of St Laurence Church of England Primary School. 19 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.7dB