16 Byron Drive, Barnsley, S71 2DE
About 16 Byron Drive
16 Byron Drive is a semi-detached house in Barnsley (S71 2DE). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 89).
At 51 m² it's 26.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (69 m² median across 7 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £174,000 is 20% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£264/sq ft) was about 56.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2021 at £145,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Planning history
16 Byron Drive has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£174,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£145,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
21 October 2021Most recent
£145,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in S71 2DE: £117,000 (2024–2010).
Versus other Byron Drive homes
Price per m² for 16 Byron Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,843
Street avg £1,835
Floor Area
51 m²
Street avg 82 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.2 t/year
Street avg 5.9 t/year
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Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Rotherham Road/Byron Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Burton Road Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.1dB







