8 Castle View, Wakefield, WF2 7HZ
About 8 Castle View
8 Castle View is a four-bedroom detached house in Wakefield (WF2 7HZ). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 118 m² the property is well over the postcode median (75 m² across 26 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£313/sq ft) was about 54.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £397,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-west-facing
- ParkingOff street
Building
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
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Planning history
8 Castle View has an approved side and rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 8 Castle View, Wakefield, WF2 7HZ
- May 2014ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Single storey extensions to front, side and rear
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/00539/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
8 Castle View has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£437,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.9% per year over 24 years.
£397,500
Growth on file: 6.9% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
27 June 2021Most recent
£397,500
+373.2%over 21 years5 November 1999
£84,000
+5.0%over 2 years26 June 1997
£79,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in WF2 7HZ: £290,000 (2025–2021).
Versus other Castle View homes
8 Castle View outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,369
Street avg £2,450
Floor Area
118 m²
Street avg 86 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
7/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Milnthorpe Crescent — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Sandal Castle VA Community Primary School. 10 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.5dB







