5 Mill Hill Close, Darrington, Pontefract, WF8 3BE
About 5 Mill Hill Close
5 Mill Hill Close is a semi-detached house in Darrington, Pontefract, Pontefract (WF8 3BE). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump.
At 45 m² it sits well below the postcode median (93 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£434/sq ft) was about 102.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £210,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
5 Mill Hill Close has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£216,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£210,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
10 November 2022Most recent
£210,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WF8 3BE: £238,000 (2019–2017).
Nearby sales in WF8 3BE
3 Mill Hill Close, Darrington, Pontefract, WF8 3BE
Sold Mar 2019
£255,00018 Mill Hill Close, Darrington, Pontefract, WF8 3BE
Sold Aug 2018
£275,00013 Mill Hill Close, Darrington, Pontefract, WF8 3BE
Sold Jul 2018
£238,0004 Mill Hill Close, Darrington, Pontefract, WF8 3BE
Sold Nov 2017
£220,0009 Mill Hill Close, Darrington, Pontefract, WF8 3BE
Sold Feb 2017
£209,000
Versus other Mill Hill Close homes
On price per m², 5 Mill Hill Close stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,667
Street avg £2,217
Floor Area
45 m²
Street avg 95 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
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Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Estcourt Rd Thorntree Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Darrington Church of England Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
47.8dB







