68 Church Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AE
About 68 Church Street
68 Church Street is a semi-detached house in Bishops Castle (SY9 5AE). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2021. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff. At 99 m² this is the 11th smallest of 14 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 40–196 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 14 units on file.
4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 99 m² it's 23.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (80 m² median across 13 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £241,000 is 37.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£164/sq ft) was about 73.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £175,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Feb 2023AmendmentIn report
Non-material amendments to planning permission No. 21/02771/FUL (revised shopfront detailing, installation of cast iron columns alongside entrance to No. 70, and increase in height of door to No. 68)
- Agent
- Bishops Castle Community Land Trust
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/00352/AMP
- May 2022ConditionsIn report
Discharge Conditions 3 (archaeology), 5 (joinery details) and 6 (external materials) of planning permission No. 21/02771/FUL
- Agent
- Bishops Castle Community Land Trust
- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/02130/DIS
What's in 68 Church Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AE's planning history?
2 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£241,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£175,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
16 March 2021Most recent
£175,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SY9 5AE: £200,000 (2024–2012).
Nearby sales in SY9 5AE
72 Church Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AE
Sold Dec 2024
£200,00064 Church Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AE
Sold Nov 2023
£445,00054 Church Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AE
Sold Jan 2019
£263,00066 Church Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AE
Sold May 2016
£135,00042 Church Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AE
Sold Dec 2012
£110,000
Everything we know about 68 Church Street, in one report
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Versus other Church Street homes
Floor Area for 68 Church Street runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
50 (E)
Street avg 47 (E)
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 69 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
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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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.4 km
Bishops Castle Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.0dB