5 Briar Grove, Wakefield, WF1 5LT
About 5 Briar Grove
5 Briar Grove is a detached house in Wakefield (WF1 5LT). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.
At 88 m² it's 28.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (69 m² median across 20 EPCs). Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£253/sq ft) was about 52.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £240,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Planning history
2 applications on record at 5 Briar Grove, Wakefield, WF1 5LT
- Apr 2008ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Dormers to sides and detached garage to rear
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 08/00355/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- Change Of UseJun 2022Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 5 Briar Grove was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£218,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.1% per year over 21 years.
£240,000
Growth on file: 7.1% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
12 April 2022Most recent
£240,000
+92.0%over 17 years15 September 2004
£125,000
+126.4%over 3 years30 November 2000
£55,200
Median price across the last 5 sales in WF1 5LT: £160,000 (2025–2022).
Versus other Briar Grove homes
5 Briar Grove outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,727
Street avg £2,033
Floor Area
88 m²
Street avg 70 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Duke Of York PH — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Sandal Magna Community Academy. 17 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.2dB