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Get started3 Whatleys Orchard is a four-bedroom detached house in Bishopstone, Swindon, Swindon (SN6 8QB). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion, a porch and solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for tree works is awaiting a decision. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Sale prices here have outpaced Swindon HPI: 5.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£436/sq ft) was about 106.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 131 m² it sits well below the postcode median (212 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £615,000 in June 2024.
3 Whatleys Orchard's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
An application for tree works is currently awaiting a decision.
Works to Trees within Conservation Area.
Price for 3 Whatleys Orchard has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£626,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.4% per year over 27 years.
£615,000
Growth on file: 5.4% per year over 27 years.
On price per m², 3 Whatleys Orchard stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,695
Street avg £2,820
Floor Area
131 m²
Street avg 201 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.6dB

Extension: Rear of property
Erection of front porch, loft conversion with the insertion of velux windows, single storey rear extension and the installation of solar panels.
3 more applications for this property
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10 June 2024Most recent
£615,000
+23.0%over 3 years14 August 2020
£500,000
+22.0%over 12 years1 February 2008
£410,000
+127.8%over 8 years13 July 1999
£180,000
+21.5%over 2 years2 May 1997
£148,100
Median price across the last 5 sales in SN6 8QB: £855,000 (2023–2008).
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.2 t/year
Street avg 7.2 t/year
SN6 8FR
Whatleys Orchard — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Bishopstone Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB
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