1 Palm Road, Southampton, SO16 5EH
About 1 Palm Road
1 Palm Road is a semi-detached house in Southampton (SO16 5EH). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 453 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2008) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The latest certificate is from December 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (75 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2005–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £232,000 is 38.1% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£371/sq ft) was about 90.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in February 2015.
Energy performance
1 Palm Road's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Dec 2018
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Planning history
Council records include a two-storey side extension at 1 Palm Road.
3 applications on record at 1 Palm Road, Southampton, SO16 5EH
- Sept 2003ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two storey side extension.
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 03/01002/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- New BuildSept 2004Decision
- New BuildJul 2004Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 1 Palm Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£232,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.2% per year over 10 years.
£168,000
Growth on file: 2.2% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
27 February 2015Most recent
£168,000
+21.7%over 8 years21 December 2006
£138,000
+2.2%over 1 year23 March 2005
£135,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SO16 5EH: £155,000 (2015–2007).
Versus other Palm Road homes
1 Palm Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,989
Street avg £2,066
Floor Area
42 m²
Street avg 76 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.7 t/year
Street avg 2.1 t/year
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Crime
9/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Alder Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Oasis Academy Lord's Hill. 27 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.7dB







