Lower Cliff Farm is a detached house in Birch Vale, High Peak, High Peak (SK22 1DN). It has a recorded floor area of 209 m² (around 2250 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in September 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 209 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Lower Cliff Farm's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 17 Dec 2024
Installation of horse riding menage. Change of use to equestrian.
Lower Cliff Farm has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£848,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
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.
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Lower Cliff Farm outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
55 (D)
Street avg 58 (D)
Floor Area
209 m²
Street avg 104 m²
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
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
0.6 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.1dB

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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for the existing use of stables as livery
Full planning data for Lower Cliff Farm, Thornsett Lane, Birch Vale, High Peak, SK22 1DN
2 more on this property, plus every nearby application and full decision details, in the report.
Median price across the last 5 sales in SK22 1DN: £230,000 (2023–2008).
1 Cliff View Thornsett Lane Birch Vale High Peak
Sold Nov 2023
1 Cliff Villas Thornsett Lane Birch Vale High Peak
Sold Apr 2021
2 Cliff Villas Thornsett Lane Birch Vale High Peak
Sold Apr 2010
2 Cliff View Thornsett Lane Birch Vale High Peak
Sold Jun 2008
Lower Cliff Cottage Thornsett Lane Birch Vale High Peak
Sold Sept 2003
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Street avg 5.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
SK22 1BP
Quarry — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Hayfield Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB