Lower Bents Farm, Penny Lane, Totley, Sheffield, S17 3AZ
About Lower Bents Farm
Lower Bents Farm is a detached house in Totley, Sheffield, Sheffield (S17 3AZ). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
At 151 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). 10 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include subdivision, an annexe and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
A recent planning application at Lower Bents Farm was refused — worth checking the council file.
10 applications on record at Lower Bents Farm, Penny Lane, Totley, Sheffield, S17 3AZ
- Jan 2016ExtensionHeritageOutcome in report
Alterations and remodelling of rear extension
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/03982/LBC
- More recent applications — locked
- SubdivisionNov 2023Decision
- ConversionNov 2023Decision
+ 7 more applications in the report
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- Every decision — granted, refused or withdrawn (10 on record)
- All 10 applications on this property in full, plus 1 notable nearby
- The 173 documents, officer reports & conditions
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Sales history & valuation
Lower Bents Farm has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£584,000
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 4 sales in S17 3AZ: £382,500 (2024–2013).
Versus other Penny Lane homes
Lower Bents Farm outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
47 (E)
Street avg 63 (D)
Floor Area
151 m²
Street avg 84 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 4 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
0.6 km
Baslow Road/Hillfoot Court — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Totley All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.3dB