2 Orchard Close, Cressage, Shrewsbury, SY5 6BZ
About 2 Orchard Close
2 Orchard Close is a detached house in Cressage, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY5 6BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 30 m² (around 323 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 97), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
It hasn't traded since July 2001, a hold of 25 years that's notably long for the area. Across 1997–2001, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £393,000 sits 110.2% above the 2001 sale of £187,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£579/sq ft) was about 299.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an annexe, an extension, a porch and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
2 Orchard Close has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
- Nov 2019AnnexFullIn report
Conversion of outbuilding to provide ancillary living accommodation
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/04458/FUL
- Apr 2005PorchFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Erection of second storey side extension, single storey front porch extension and alterations to rear to include part of existing balcony within dwelling
Extension- Reference
- SA/05/0339/F
What's in 2 Orchard Close, Cressage, Shrewsbury, SY5 6BZ's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
2 Orchard Close valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£393,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.1% per year over 4 years.
£187,000
Growth on file: 6.1% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
17 July 2001Most recent
£187,000
+29.0%over 4 years24 March 1997
£145,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in SY5 6BZ: £157,475 (2021–1996).
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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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.2 km
Christ Church Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.1dB







