Bankside, Tomlins Lane, Gillingham, SP8 4BH
About Bankside
Bankside is a detached house in Gillingham (SP8 4BH). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 664 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2011) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). The latest certificate is from September 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 62 m² it sits well below the postcode median (89 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1997–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £226,000 sits 58.6% above the 2014 sale of £142,500. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 12 years since the last transfer (May 2014).
Energy performance
Bankside sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Sept 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
Bankside has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
- Aug 2002ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Erect 2 No. single storey extensions
- Council
- North Dorset
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 2/2002/0637
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 1997.
£226,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.8% per year over 16 years.
£142,500
Growth on file: 6.8% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
15 May 2014Most recent
£142,500
+5.6%over 10 years26 August 2003
£135,000
+181.3%over 5 years14 November 1997
£48,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SP8 4BH: £265,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in SP8 4BH
Avalon, Tomlins Lane, Gillingham, SP8 4BH
Sold Jun 2025
£265,000Southwater, Tomlins Lane, Gillingham, SP8 4BH
Sold Sept 2022
£310,000Shambhala, Tomlins Lane, Gillingham, SP8 4BH
Sold Dec 2021
£175,000South View, Tomlins Lane, Gillingham, SP8 4BH
Sold Jun 2021
£236,000The Cottage, Tomlins Lane, Gillingham, SP8 4BH
Sold Jan 2021
£140,000
Versus other Tomlins Lane homes
Bankside is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,309
Street avg £2,557
Floor Area
62 m²
Street avg 84 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 3.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
0.2 km
Coronation Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Gillingham Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB








