What type of property is 14 Birch Drive, SY4 4HZ?

14 Birch Drive, SY4 4HZ is a 3-bedroom detached house.

What did 14 Birch Drive, SY4 4HZ sell for?

14 Birch Drive, SY4 4HZ last sold for £211,000 in December 2012, around 13 years ago. Before that, it sold for £64,000 in May 1997, so prices have been rising over 16 years on record. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for 14 Birch Drive, SY4 4HZ?

Across 2 sales between May 1997 and December 2012, 14 Birch Drive, SY4 4HZ rose from £64,000 to £211,000, a change of £147,000. That works out to roughly +7.9% per year compounded over 16 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

How energy efficient is 14 Birch Drive, SY4 4HZ?

The current EPC rating for 14 Birch Drive, SY4 4HZ is E with a score of 45 out of 100, lodged in January 2012. The assessor estimates the property could reach a C. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of 14 Birch Drive, SY4 4HZ?

14 Birch Drive, SY4 4HZ has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (1,278 sq ft), around 40 m² per bedroom. Source: EPC Register.

How is 14 Birch Drive, SY4 4HZ heated?

The latest EPC at 14 Birch Drive, SY4 4HZ records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

Are there any planning records for 14 Birch Drive, SY4 4HZ?

14 Birch Drive, SY4 4HZ has council approval for single-storey rear extension granted in April 2003 under ref. NS/03/00137/FUL. Source: PlanIt planning register.

What council tax band is 14 Birch Drive, SY4 4HZ?

14 Birch Drive, SY4 4HZ is in council tax band D.

Where is 14 Birch Drive, SY4 4HZ located?

14 Birch Drive, SY4 4HZ sits in Shawbury, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury. It falls within the SY4 postcode district.

What is crime like near 14 Birch Drive, SY4 4HZ?

Police records around 14 Birch Drive, SY4 4HZ show an average of 1 reported crimes per month over the last 7 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 60% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve 14 Birch Drive, SY4 4HZ?

The closest primary school to 14 Birch Drive, SY4 4HZ is St Marys CofE Primary School (828m).

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14 Birch Drive, Shawbury, Shrewsbury, SY4 4HZ

1 planning record

Property type

Detached

Bedrooms

Floor area

119 m²

1278 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 45

Council tax

Band D

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About 14 Birch Drive

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

14 Birch Drive is a three-bedroom detached house in Shawbury, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY4 4HZ). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1278 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2012) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Last sold in December 2012, so it's been off the market for around 13 years. Across 1997–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £303,000 is 43.6% above the 2012 sale price.

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Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

Bedrooms3
Dining roomYes
CloakroomYes
EnsuiteYes
StudyYes
ConservatoryYes

Outside

Private gardenRear
GarageYes

Building

Heating systemGas

Energy

Energy performance

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

14 Birch Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 17 Jan 2022

EPC Rating

E45

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Poor

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

7.9 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 14 Birch Drive, Shawbury, Shrewsbury, SY4 4HZ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

14 Birch Drive has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.

Apr 2003
ExtensionFull
In report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling
Reference
NS/03/00137/FUL
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Price

Sales history & valuation

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14 Birch Drive has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.

Current estimate

£303,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.9% per year over 16 years.

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Last sold (2012)

£211,000

Growth on file: 7.9% per year over 16 years.

Sales timeline

19 December 2012Most recent
£211,000
+229.7%over 15 years
7 May 1997
£64,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in SY4 4HZ: £232,000 (2025–2016).

Nearby sales in SY4 4HZ

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Versus other Birch Drive homes

Four headline reads against 10 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

14 Birch Drive outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£1,777

Street avg £1,963

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Floor Area

119 m²

Street avg 111 m²

Above

Habitable Rooms

6 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

7.9 t/year

Street avg 5.1 t/year

Strongly below

Comparables

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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Full Shrewsbury report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

1/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Closest school

0.8 km

St Marys CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SY4 4HZ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

47.8dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for SY4 4HZ

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

41.5dB

Low

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70 dB

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