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8 Orchard Drive, West Felton, Oswestry, SY11 4LX

1 planning record
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
117 m²
1259 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 65
Council tax
Band C
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 8 Orchard Drive

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

8 Orchard Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in West Felton, Oswestry, Oswestry (SY11 4LX). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2022) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Held since February 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 117 m² the property is well over the postcode median (62 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £324,000 sits 295.1% above the 2001 sale of £82,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£65/sq ft) was about 37.7% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. 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

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms4
  • Bathrooms2
  • Dining roomYes
  • EnsuiteYes
  • ConservatoryYes

Outside

  • Private gardenYes
  • GarageYes
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D65
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
4.9 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 8 Orchard Drive, West Felton, Oswestry, SY11 4LX, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
  1. Sept 2005
    Garage ConversionFull
    In report

    Extension: Single storey

    Conversion of integral garage into playroom and first floor extension

    Extension
    Documents
    1 doc on file
    Reference
    OS/05/13971/FUL
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What's in 8 Orchard Drive, West Felton, Oswestry, SY11 4LX's planning history?

Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

8 Orchard Drive's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2001).

Current estimate

£324,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

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Last sold (2001)

£82,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

  1. 2 February 2001Most recent

    £82,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in SY11 4LX: £217,000 (2025–2022).

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On the street

Versus other Orchard Drive homes

Four headline reads against 22 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Floor Area for 8 Orchard Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

Price per m²

£701

Street avg £2,323

Strongly below

Floor Area

117 m²

Street avg 66 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

7 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

4.9 t/year

Street avg 4.2 t/year

Below
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Oswestry district page.

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.

Closest school

0.2 km

West Felton Church of England Primary School and Nursery. 1 school nearby.

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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SY11 4LX from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for SY11 4LX

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

48.8dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for SY11 4LX

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

39.2dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

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