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 £356,000 sits 90.4% 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
Certificate validity
Valid until 16 February 2031
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Planning history
2 Orchard Close has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
3 applications on record at 2 Orchard Close, Cressage, Shrewsbury, SY5 6BZ
- Mar 2003ConservatoryFullOutcome in report
Extension: Rear of property
Erection of a conservatory on rear elevation
Extension- Reference
- SA/03/0223/F
- More recent applications — locked
- AnnexNov 2019Decision
- PorchApr 2005Decision
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Sales history & valuation
2 Orchard Close valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£356,000
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
70/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.2 km
Christ Church Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.1dB







