4 West Park Drive, Darrington, Pontefract, WF8 3HX
About 4 West Park Drive
4 West Park Drive is a detached house in Darrington, Pontefract, Pontefract (WF8 3HX). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 100), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £222,000 is 26.9% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£229/sq ft) was about 30.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 71 m² it's 16.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (85 m² median across 6 EPCs). Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £175,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Jul 2025
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Planning history
4 West Park Drive 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
4 West Park Drive has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£222,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.9% per year over 25 years.
£175,000
Growth on file: 9.9% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
18 October 2022Most recent
£175,000
+929.4%over 24 years23 January 1998
£17,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WF8 3HX: £180,000 (2021–2018).
Nearby sales in WF8 3HX
Versus other West Park Drive homes
On years held, 4 West Park Drive runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,465
Street avg £2,226
Floor Area
71 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
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Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
West Park Drive Caravan Park — bus stop.
Closest school
1.5 km
Darrington Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
47.3dB