5 Beckley Road, Wakefield, WF2 9QB
About 5 Beckley Road
5 Beckley Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Wakefield (WF2 9QB). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 70 m² it's 16% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (83 m² median across 23 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £191,000 is 31.7% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£192/sq ft) was about 246.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £145,000 in May 2020.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
5 Beckley Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
2 applications on record at 5 Beckley Road, Wakefield, WF2 9QB
- Mar 2022ExtensionOutlineOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension with a maximum projection of 4.00m, a maximum height of 4.00m and a maximum eaves height of 2.85m.
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/00048/GPD
- More recent applications — locked
- PorchJun 2022Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£191,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£145,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
14 May 2020Most recent
£145,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WF2 9QB: £123,000 (2024–2006).
Nearby sales in WF2 9QB
Versus other Beckley Road homes
On habitable rooms, 5 Beckley Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,071
Street avg £1,309
Floor Area
70 m²
Street avg 86 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
7/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
New Scarborough Rufford Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Wakefield Flanshaw Junior and Infant School. 24 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.7dB







