What kind of home is 5 Birch Drive, SY5 8RG?

5 Birch Drive, SY5 8RG is a 3-bedroom detached house.

What was the last sold price for 5 Birch Drive, SY5 8RG?

5 Birch Drive, SY5 8RG last sold for £249,000 in January 2018, around 9 years ago. Land Registry has 4 sales on record going back to £215,000 in July 2006. Source: HM Land Registry.

How has the value of 5 Birch Drive, SY5 8RG changed over time?

Across 4 sales between July 2006 and January 2018, 5 Birch Drive, SY5 8RG rose from £215,000 to £249,000, a change of £34,000. That works out to roughly +1.3% per year compounded over 11 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

How energy efficient is 5 Birch Drive, SY5 8RG?

The current EPC rating for 5 Birch Drive, SY5 8RG is E with a score of 51 out of 100, lodged in January 2010. The assessor estimates the property could reach a D. Source: EPC Register.

How big is 5 Birch Drive, SY5 8RG?

5 Birch Drive, SY5 8RG has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (1,237 sq ft), around 38 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 17% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in SY5 8RG. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does 5 Birch Drive, SY5 8RG use?

The latest EPC at 5 Birch Drive, SY5 8RG records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What is the council tax band for 5 Birch Drive, SY5 8RG?

5 Birch Drive, SY5 8RG is in council tax band D.

Which area is 5 Birch Drive, SY5 8RG in?

5 Birch Drive, SY5 8RG sits in Hanwood, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury. It falls within the SY5 postcode district.

What is crime like near 5 Birch Drive, SY5 8RG?

Police records around 5 Birch Drive, SY5 8RG show an average of 70 reported crimes per month over the last 13 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 49% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is falling (20% versus the prior period). Source: Police UK.

What schools are near 5 Birch Drive, SY5 8RG?

The closest primary school to 5 Birch Drive, SY5 8RG is St Thomas and St Anne CofE Primary School (871m).

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5 Birch Drive, Hanwood, Shrewsbury, SY5 8RG

4 sales on record

Property type

Detached

Bedrooms

Bathroom

Floor area

115 m²

1237 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 51

Council tax

Band D

Tenure

Owner Occupied

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Overview

About 5 Birch Drive

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

5 Birch Drive is a three-bedroom detached house in Hanwood, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY5 8RG). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1237 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2010) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). The latest certificate is from January 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 115 m² it's 17.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (139 m² median across 7 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in January 2018. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2006–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £341,000 is 36.9% above the 2018 sale price.

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

Bedrooms3
Bathrooms1

Outside

Private gardenYes

Building

Heating systemGas
RefurbishedYes

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Energy

Energy performance

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

5 Birch Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Jan 2020

Current Certificate

Jan 2010

EPC Rating

E51

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Poor

CO2 Emissions

6.2 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Certificate validity

Expired on 11 January 2020

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 5 Birch Drive, Hanwood, Shrewsbury, SY5 8RG, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

5 Birch Drive has no planning applications on record.

But the area is active

1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.

Price

Sales history & valuation

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

5 Birch Drive's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.

Current estimate

£341,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.3% per year over 11 years.

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Last sold (2018)

£249,000

Growth on file: 1.3% per year over 11 years.

Sales timeline

5 January 2018Most recent
£249,000
+18.6%over 4 years
28 February 2013
£210,000
+7.7%over 2 years
30 September 2010
£195,000
-9.3%over 4 years
25 July 2006
£215,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in SY5 8RG: £336,550 (2024–2018).

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On the street

Versus other Birch Drive homes

Four headline reads against 7 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

5 Birch Drive is notably below the street on epc rating.

Price per m²

£2,167

Street avg £2,418

Strongly below

Floor Area

115 m²

Street avg 134 m²

On par

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 7 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

6.2 t/year

Street avg 3.4 t/year

Strongly below

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Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.

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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

70/mo

Falling year-on-year across the wider district.

Closest school

0.9 km

St Thomas and St Anne CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SY5 8RG from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

47.4dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for SY5 8RG

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

39.4dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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