Lower Bents Farm, The Barn, 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 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2021. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 101), a 2-band jump.
At 118 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include 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
Lower Bents Farm has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
4 applications on record at Lower Bents Farm, The Barn, Penny Lane, Totley, Sheffield, S17 3AZ
- Jan 2020ExtensionHeritageOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Erection of single-storey side extension to dwellinghouse to form integral garage
- Documents
- 17 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/04279/LBC
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionAug 2020Decision
- ExtensionAug 2020Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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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.
£442,000
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 epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
75 (C)
Street avg 58 (D)
Floor Area
118 m²
Street avg 90 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.0 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
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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