9 Benwell Close, Westlea, Swindon, SN5 7BY
About 9 Benwell Close
9 Benwell Close is a detached house in Westlea, Swindon, Swindon (SN5 7BY). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2025) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average.
Untraded for 26 years, with the last transfer in November 2000. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 109 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £369,000 sits 207.5% above the 2000 sale of £120,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£102/sq ft) was about 43.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
9 Benwell Close ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jul 2018Garage ConversionOutlineIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for the erection of a single storey rear extension and conversion of garage into habitable space.
Extension- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- S/LDP/18/0997
What's in 9 Benwell Close, Westlea, Swindon, SN5 7BY's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
9 Benwell Close's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2000).
£369,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£120,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
17 November 2000Most recent
£120,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SN5 7BY: £299,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in SN5 7BY
32 Benwell Close, Westlea, Swindon, SN5 7BY
Sold Jan 2025
£299,00030 Benwell Close, Westlea, Swindon, SN5 7BY
Sold Nov 2024
£350,00028 Benwell Close, Westlea, Swindon, SN5 7BY
Sold Feb 2024
£260,00029 Benwell Close, Westlea, Swindon, SN5 7BY
Sold Nov 2022
£337,00023 Benwell Close, Westlea, Swindon, SN5 7BY
Sold Aug 2022
£250,000
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Versus other Benwell Close homes
EPC Rating for 9 Benwell Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,101
Street avg £2,696
Floor Area
109 m²
Street avg 88 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.3 t/year
Street avg 3.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Birdcombe Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Westlea Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.8dB