2 The Drive, Batts Park, Taunton, TA1 4RE
About 2 The Drive
2 The Drive is a detached house in Taunton (TA1 4RE). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows a C (score 72). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).
Untraded for 25 years, with the last transfer in June 2001. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £550,000 sits 139.1% above the 2001 sale of £230,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£159/sq ft) was about 35.1% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. At 134 m² it's 17.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (163 m² median across 25 EPCs).
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EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 12 May 2035
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Planning history
3 applications on record at 2 The Drive, Batts Park, Taunton, TA1 4RE
- Sept 2013ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Rear of property
ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY AND TWO STOREY EXTENSIONS TO THE REAR AT 2 THE DRIVE, BATTS PARK, TAUNTON
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 38/13/0316
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksNov 2015Decision
- Tree WorksNov 2015Decision
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Sales history & valuation
2 The Drive valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£550,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£230,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 June 2001Most recent
£230,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TA1 4RE: £675,000 (2025–2021).
Versus other Batts Park homes
Price per m² for 2 The Drive lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,716
Street avg £3,796
Floor Area
134 m²
Street avg 167 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 t/year
Street avg 5.7 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
366/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Queens College — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School, Taunton. 16 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.6dB







