Chestnut Cottage, Warrington Road, Risley, Warrington, WA3 6BG
3 planning records
About Chestnut Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Chestnut Cottage is a detached house in Risley, Warrington, Warrington (WA3 6BG). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
Today's modelled estimate of £398,000 is 42.7% below the 2022 sale of £695,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£465/sq ft) was about 145% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for tree works is awaiting a decision. At 139 m² it's 24.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (185 m² median across 5 EPCs). Last sale on file: £695,000 in May 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D68
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
5.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Chestnut Cottage, Warrington Road, Risley, Warrington, WA3 6BG, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
A recent planning application at Chestnut Cottage was refused — worth checking the council file.
- Dec 2023MixedFullIn report
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Latest sale on Chestnut Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£398,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2022)
£695,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
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Versus other Warrington Road homes
Four headline reads against 5 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On price per m², Chestnut Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,000
Street avg £2,227
Floor Area
139 m²
Street avg 184 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Warrington district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around WA3 6BG from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.5dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 40 points of interest in total.
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