Highfields, Union Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AJ
About Highfields
Highfields is a detached house in Bishops Castle (SY9 5AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1967-1975. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 59). Main heating runs on lpg.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 68 m² it's 20.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (86 m² median across 19 EPCs).
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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
Highfields has an approved extension on the planning record.
- Aug 2002ConservatoryFullIn report
Erection of a conservatory
Extension- Reference
- SS/1/02/13591/F
What's in Highfields, Union Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AJ's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Highfields has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£311,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in SY9 5AJ: £270,000 (2023–2021).
Nearby sales in SY9 5AJ
Apple Garth, Union Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AJ
Sold Sept 2023
£495,00031 Union Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AJ
Sold May 2022
£230,00030 Union Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AJ
Sold Feb 2022
£270,0004 Union Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AJ
Sold Jun 2021
£145,00019 Union Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AJ
Sold Mar 2021
£375,000
Everything we know about Highfields, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Union Street homes
Highfields outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
43 (E)
Street avg 49 (E)
Floor Area
68 m²
Street avg 103 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 6.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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
0.2 km
Bishops Castle Primary School. 2 schools 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
48.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.3dB