23 Elgin Drive, Swindon, SN2 8DN
About 23 Elgin Drive
23 Elgin Drive is a semi-detached house in Swindon (SN2 8DN). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2019–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 28.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £278,000 is 14.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£285/sq ft) was about 81% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £242,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
23 Elgin Drive has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 23 Elgin Drive, Swindon, SN2 8DN
- Jul 2019ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a single storey rear extension.
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- S/HOU/19/0879
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£278,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 28.8% per year over 2 years.
£242,000
Growth on file: 28.8% per year over 2 years.
Sales timeline
12 February 2021Most recent
£242,000
+56.1%over 1 year12 May 2019
£155,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SN2 8DN: £268,000 (2025–2023).
Versus other Elgin Drive homes
Price per m² for 23 Elgin Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,063
Street avg £2,425
Floor Area
79 m²
Street avg 83 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
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Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Gipsy Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Gorse Hill Primary School. 38 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.4dB







