38 Park Road, Chorley, PR7 1QU
About 38 Park Road
38 Park Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Chorley (PR7 1QU). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. Other recorded features include a basement. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows a C (score 71). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).
At 140 m² the property is well over the postcode median (43 m² across 32 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £230,000 sits 152.7% above the 2021 sale of £91,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£60/sq ft) was about 34.4% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a basement excavation, partial demolition and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: February 2021 at £91,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- EnsuiteYes
- BasementYes
Outside
- GarageSingle
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
- Dec 2022BasementFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Section 73 application to vary condition no.3 (approved plans) of planning permission ref: 19/01007/FUL (Change of use former dental surgery to 3no self contained apartments and erection of 3 storey rear extension following demolition of existing rear extension) - to alter the rear extension to lower the height, reduce the depth and increase the width; and to add 2no. light wells to basement and 1no. first floor window to front elevation
- Agent
- DP Architectural Services Ltd
ExtensionChange of UseDemolition- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/00870/FUL
- Dec 2019Change of UseFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Change of use former dental surgery to 3no self contained apartments and erection of 3 storey rear extension following demolition of existing rear extension
- Agent
- 24k Designs
Extension- Documents
- 22 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/01007/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£230,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£91,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
19 February 2021Most recent
£91,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR7 1QU: £115,000 (2023–2003).
Versus other Park Road homes
38 Park Road outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
71 (C)
Street avg 61 (D)
Floor Area
140 m²
Street avg 106 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 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
Millfield Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Chorley, the Parish of St Laurence Church of England Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.6dB







