85 New Mills Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Birch Vale, High Peak, High Peak (SK22 1BX). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced High Peak HPI: 3.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £256,000 is 29.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£239/sq ft) was about 39.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2021 for £198,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
85 New Mills Road has an approved extension on the planning record.
New replacement front porch
85 New Mills Road has changed hands more often than typical for the area.
£256,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.7% per year over 18 years.
£198,000
Growth on file: 3.7% per year over 18 years.
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Price per m²
£2,571
Street avg £2,281
Floor Area
77 m²
Street avg 94 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.8dB

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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
Full planning data for 85 New Mills Road, Birch Vale, High Peak, SK22 1BX
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21 May 2021Most recent
£198,000
+26.1%over 5 years29 April 2016
£157,000
+20.3%over 2 years11 December 2013
£130,500
+7.9%over 3 years29 March 2010
£121,000
-3.2%over 2 years15 February 2008
£125,000
+19.0%over 4 years3 October 2003
£105,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SK22 1BX: £220,000 (2024–2022).
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Sold Dec 2023
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Sold Oct 2023
97 New Mills Road Birch Vale High Peak
Sold Sept 2022
107 New Mills Road Birch Vale High Peak
Sold Aug 2022
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CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
SK22 1AR
Grouse Hotel — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Hayfield Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB