42 Bay Road, Gillingham, SP8 4EF
About 42 Bay Road
42 Bay Road is an end-of-terrace house in Gillingham (SP8 4EF). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2013) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2013–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £299,000 is 12% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£376/sq ft) was about 143.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 66 m² it's 27.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (91 m² median across 28 EPCs). Last sale on file: £267,000 in November 2020.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 31 Jan 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- May 2018ExtensionConditionsIn report
Erect two storey extension and a single storey extension (demolish existing single storey extension). (Variation of Condition No. 2 of Planning Permission No. 2/2017/1742/HOUSE to amend the materials of the two storey extension).
- Council
- North Dorset
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 2/2018/0460/VARIA
- Jan 2018DemolitionFullIn report
Erect two storey extension and a single storey extension (demolish existing single storey extension). Variation of condition nos. 3 -
- Council
- North Dorset
Extension- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 2/2017/1742/HOUSE
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Sales history & valuation
42 Bay Road saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£299,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.1% per year over 8 years.
£267,000
Growth on file: 6.1% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
18 November 2020Most recent
£267,000
+21.4%over 3 years16 May 2017
£220,000
+29.4%over 4 years8 April 2013
£170,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SP8 4EF: £250,000 (2024–2020).
Versus other Bay Road homes
Price per m² for 42 Bay Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,045
Street avg £2,048
Floor Area
66 m²
Street avg 95 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.4 t/year
Street avg 5.3 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
0.1 km
Lodbourne Green — 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
46.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.0dB








