3 Barford Close, Southport, PR8 2RS
About 3 Barford Close
3 Barford Close is a detached house in Southport (PR8 2RS). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
At 94 m² it sits well below the postcode median (140 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £312,000 is 25.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£247/sq ft) was about 38.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £249,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
3 applications on record at 3 Barford Close, Southport, PR8 2RS
- Oct 2007ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Part single, part two storey
erection of a single storey extension at the front, a 2 storey extension at the side and a single storey extension at the rear of the dwellinghouse
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- N/2007/0867
- More recent applications — locked
- DemolitionMay 2021Decision
- DemolitionJan 2021Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£312,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.5% per year over 15 years.
£249,500
Growth on file: 1.5% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
29 September 2021Most recent
£249,500
+24.8%over 14 years19 January 2007
£199,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR8 2RS: £320,000 (2024–2016).
Nearby sales in PR8 2RS
Versus other Barford Close homes
3 Barford Close is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£2,654
Street avg £1,913
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 139 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Chatsworth Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Shoreside Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.1dB