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The Garden House, Union Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AJ

EPC B5 planning records
Property type
Detached
Habitable rooms
5
From EPC
Floor area
150 m²
1615 sq ft
Energy rating
B
Score 84
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About The Garden House

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

The Garden House is a detached house in Bishops Castle (SY9 5AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2003-2006. The latest certificate (August 2011) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 5 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2002–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £434,000 is 35.6% above the 2012 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£198/sq ft) was about 20.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 14 years since the last transfer (January 2012).

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Energy

Energy performance

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

The Garden House ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Aug 2021

EPC Rating

A
B
B84
C
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
3.1 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against The Garden House, Union Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AJ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

The Garden House has an approved extension on the planning record.

  1. Sept 2018
    ExtensionFull
    In report

    Extension: Single storey

    Erection of single storey link extension with glazed walkway and garage extension

    Documents
    18 docs on file
    Reference
    18/02844/FUL
    View planning record
  2. Sept 2016
    Tree WorksTrees
    In report

    Crown reduce by 30% 1no. Ash and 1no. Hawthorn (within The Garden House boundary) and reduce lower limb of 1no. Ash and lightly prune branches of 1no. Hawthorn and 1no. Robinia (overhanging The Garden House) within Bishops Castle Conservation Area

    Conservation Area
    Documents
    4 docs on file
    Reference
    16/03281/TCA
    View planning record

What's in The Garden House, Union Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AJ's planning history?

3 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.

Price

Sales history & valuation

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

Sale price has at least doubled since 2002.

Current estimate

£434,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.1% per year over 10 years.

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Last sold (2012)

£320,000

Growth on file: 10.1% per year over 10 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 12 January 2012Most recent

    £320,000

    +156.0%over 9 years
  2. 4 April 2002

    £125,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in SY9 5AJ: £270,000 (2023–2021).

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On the street

Versus other Union Street homes

Four headline reads against 19 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

The Garden House outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£2,133

Street avg £2,163

On par

Floor Area

150 m²

Street avg 99 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

On par

CO₂ Emissions

3.1 t/year

Street avg 6.7 t/year

Strongly above
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Bishops Castle district page.

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.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SY9 5AJ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for SY9 5AJ

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

48.3dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for SY9 5AJ

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

40.3dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about The Garden House, Union Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AJ. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.