Wits End, Woodbatch Road, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AS
About Wits End
Wits End is a semi-detached house in Bishops Castle (SY9 5AS). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1011 sq ft) and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2011) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 94 m² it's 29.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (134 m² median across 8 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Wits End 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 May 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2024ConditionsIn report
Discharge of S106 agreement attached to planning permission reference 09/02215/FUL
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/02370/DSA106
- Aug 2023ConditionsIn report
Removal of Condition 7 attached to Application Reference Number: 09/02215/FUL Date of Decision: 24/05/2010
- Agent
- Nigel Thorns Planning Consultancy
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/02375/VAR
What's in Wits End, Woodbatch Road, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AS's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Wits End has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£210,000
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 5AS: £308,000 (2024–2017).
Nearby sales in SY9 5AS
Coppice House, Woodbatch Road, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AS
Sold Mar 2024
£595,000Karmynd, Woodbatch Road, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AS
Sold Jul 2022
£308,000Henley House, Woodbatch Road, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AS
Sold Apr 2021
£278,000Prillside, Woodbatch Road, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AS
Sold Mar 2018
£285,000Fairfield, Woodbatch Road, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AS
Sold Oct 2016
£257,500
Everything we know about Wits End, 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 Woodbatch Road homes
On epc rating, Wits End stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
81 (B)
Street avg 56 (D)
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 168 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.4 t/year
Street avg 11.0 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
0.2 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
46.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.2dB